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Review of the Missouri Compromise

Review of the Missouri Compromise. In 1820, Senator Henry Clay persuaded Congress to approve the Missouri Compromise. Its provisions: Maine was admitted as a free state. Missouri was admitted as a slave state.

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Review of the Missouri Compromise

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  1. Review of the Missouri Compromise • In 1820, Senator Henry Clay persuaded Congress to approve the Missouri Compromise. • Its provisions: • Maine was admitted as a free state. • Missouri was admitted as a slave state. • The Louisiana Territory north of Missouri’s southern border was free of slavery. • Southern slave owners gained the right to pursue fugitives into free regions.

  2. Tension between sections of North and South • Northerners were not happy because Congress had allowed slavery to expand into another state. • Southerners were not happy because Congress gave itself the power to make laws regarding slavery.

  3. Chapter 14, Sec. 1 The Debate over Slavery and States’ Rights

  4. The Debate Over SlaveryIf The Wilmot Proviso Passes • Then slavery will be banned in all territory from the Mexican-American War that becomes part of the United States; slave states will be outnumbered and weakened. • Who benefits

  5. If Lewis Cass (Democrat) becomes President, • Then citizens of each territory or state will vote for themselves whether to be free or slave. • Who benefits?

  6. If Lewis Cass (Democrat) becomes President, • Then citizens of each territory or state will vote for themselves whether to be free or slave. • Who benefits? Both

  7. If Martin Van Buren (Free-Soil) becomes President • Then the Southwest will come in entirely free • Who benefits

  8. Zachary Taylor (Whig) becomes President • Then as a Whig he might favor slavery and the South. • Who benefits

  9. California enters the Union as a free state • free states gain a majority in Congress, so southerners can’t block antislavery laws • Who benefits

  10. Fugitive slave laws are enforced • Slavery is enforced in the North and the South • Who benefits

  11. Henry Clay’s proposals are accepted • according to Calhoun the South would be exposed to continued attacks on slavery and there would be two ways to preserve the South’s way of life: • a constitutional amendment to protect states’ rights, or secession • Who benefits

  12. Slavery remains an unresolved issue • bitter debate will continue to divide the nation • Who benefits

  13. North

  14. South

  15. Both

  16. Neither

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