The Missouri Crisis
What caused the Missouri Crisis?
Missouri applied to enter the Union as a slave state.
What year was the Missouri Compromise passed?
1820
Who called the Missouri controversy a "fire bell in the night"?
Thomas Jefferson
What was a camp meeting?
A large outdoor religious revival.
What was the Second Great Awakening?
A major Protestant religious revival movement.
Who proposed the Tallmadge Amendment?
James Tallmadge
Missouri entered the Union as what type of state?
A Slave State.
What did Jefferson fear the Missouri controversy could threaten?
The Union
Where did the famous Cane Ridge revival take place?
Kentucky
What is predestination?
The belief that God has already determined who will be saved.
What did the Tallmadge Amendment attempt to do?
Restrict slavery in Missouri.
Which state entered as a free state to maintain the balance?
Maine
What was generally prohibited north of the 36°30′ line?
Slavery
Which two denominations grew rapidly during the Second Great Awakening?
Methodists and Baptists
What did evangelical ministers teach about an individual's salvation?
Individuals could choose to accept salvation.
Why did many white southerners oppose restrictions on slavery in Missouri?
They feared restrictions on slavery and a loss of southern political power.
What geographic line did the Missouri Compromise establish as a boundary for slavery?
36°30′
What larger problem did the Missouri Crisis reveal?
Growing sectional conflict over slavery.
What was a Methodist circuit rider?
A traveling preacher.
How did the Second Great Awakening affect women's involvement in society?
Women became increasingly active in religious and charitable organizations.
Why did Missouri's application become a national crisis instead of simply a decision about one new state?
It raised the larger issues of slavery's western expansion and the balance of political power between free and slave states.
Give the three major parts of the Missouri Compromise.
1. Missouri entered as a slave state
2. Maine entered as a free state
3. Slavery was prohibited in most Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36°30′
Why did the Missouri Compromise only temporarily solve the conflict over slavery?
It created a temporary geographic and political compromise but did not resolve the larger disagreement over whether slavery should continue expanding.
Why were circuit riders especially effective on the American frontier?
They could travel to scattered communities that did not have established churches.
How did the Second Great Awakening help contribute to reform movements such as abolitionism?
It encouraged the belief that individuals could improve themselves and that society could also be morally improved