Missouri Compromise
Happening in this year, the Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state which temporarily ended the slavery debate.
When was 1820?
The slave trade would no longer be allowed in this popular presidential place to please abolitionists
Where was Washington D.C.?
Slave catchers returned to this region after being confronted by angry Northerners.
Where is the Southern region?
This act created two new territories.
Senators from this area feared losing voting power if there were more free states tha slave states.
Who is Southerners?
These 2 important men worked together to balance the interests of the North and South.
Who is Henry Clay and Daniel Webster?
This group of people refused to obey this law.
Who is the Northerners?
This brilliant man sailed his way to victory in 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Led to a violent struggle over slavery in this state between proslavery and antislavery supporters.
Where was Kansas?
Congress drew an imaginary line across the Louisiana Purchase at this latitude. Slavery was banned north of this line, but allowed south of the line.
Where is 36°30?
This special law required the return of escaped slaves would please Southerners
What is the fugitive slave law?
Southerners viewed the election as a clear sign that they no longer had this in the national government.
What is power?
Abolished this compromise by leaving it up to the settlers themselves to vote on slavery which would allow slavery in Northern territories.
What was the Missouri Territory?
Missouri’s application as a slave state challenged the previous law that states north of this river would be free states.
Where is the Ohio River?
These two states would have the right to decide if they would allow slavery.
Where is Utah and New Mexico?
This act failed due to many reasons. Many slaves fled to this area where they could not be caught and returned.
Where is Canada?
This man won the presidential election with just 40 percent of the votes, all of them cast in this region.
Where is the North?
On this day, South Carolina began firing on Fort Sumter beginning the civil war.
When was April 12, 1861?