Compromises on Slavery in the Western Territories Missouri Compromise 1820 Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854.

Compromises on Slavery in the Western Territories

Missouri Compromise 1820 Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

Missouri Compromise 1820

• Proposed by Henry Clay• Kept the number of free states & slave states equal• Missouri enters the Union as a slave state• Maine enters the Union as a free state• Drew a line @ 36* 30’ across the West as the boundary for

slavery

Compromise of 1850

Proposed by Henry Clay California entered the Union as a free state The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into

the territories of Utah & New Mexico, and the people there would now vote on whether or not to allow slavery

The slave trade was ended in Washington, D.C. A strict new fugitive slave law was passed

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

• Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas proposal• Tried to settle the issue of slavery in the western territories• The area west of Missouri & Iowa was divided into the

territories of Kansas & Nebraska• Both were north of 36*30’ so slavery had been banned there

which angered southerners• Douglas proposed repealing the Missouri Compromise line and

letting the voters (popular sovereignty) in each territory vote on whether or not to have slavery

• Southerners supported it while northerners opposed it

Compromises on Slavery in the Western Territories

Missouri Compromise 1820 Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

Missouri Compromise 1820

• Proposed by _________________________________• Kept the number of __________states & __________ states equal• ________________ enters the Union as a ____________state• ________________enters the Union as a ____________state• Drew a line @ _____________across the West as the boundary

for slavery

Compromise of 1850

Proposed by ______________ ___________ entered the Union as a _______ state The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into

the territories of ________ & ____________, and the people there would now ________ on whether or not to allow ____________

The _____________ was ended in _____________ A strict new ______________________ was passed

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

• Illinois Senator ___________________proposal• Tried to settle the issue of _____________ in the __________

territories• The area west of Missouri & Iowa was divided into the territories of

______________ & ________________• Both were north of 36*30’ so slavery had been ___________ there

which angered _________________• Douglas proposed repealing the _____________________ line and

letting the voters (_______________________) in each territory vote on whether or not to have slavery

• ______________ supported it while _______________ opposed it