21.3 Lesson Review

21.3 Lesson Review

Missouri Compromise

Feelings on Missouri Entering the Union

• Northerner, "Congress should have the power to stop slavery."

• Southerner, "New states should have the same freedoms as the original 13 states."

• Based on the above comments, what was the basic issue at stake with the argument over whether or not to make slavery legal?

Multiple Select

Northern and Southern states argued about if Congress had the ____________ to stop slavery in a state.

• power

• authority

• courage

Missouri Compromise (1820)

• Missouri a slave state....Maine a free state

• Every new territory north of the 36 30' latitude line would be free

How does this compromise solve the 'slavery' problem?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements shows part of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri and Maine would both be free states

• Maine would be a slave state and Missouri would be a free state

• All new territories north of the 36 30' line would be free territories

Reactions to Missouri Compromise (part #1)

• Northerner, "Congress is giving into slavery and they are allowing slavery to expand."

Reactions to Missouri Compromise

• Southerner, "Congress is just interfering with states and telling them how to run their own business."

• Why would the north and south feel this way? Why are they both not happy?

Multiple Choice

True and False --

"Only one region was truly happy with the Missouri Compromise."

• True

• False