Missouri Compromise

In 1817 the Senate was balanced between

• slave and free states.
• northern and southern states.
• old and new states.
• eastern and western states.

The potential admission of this new state caused serious political problems between 1817 and 1819. 

• Minnesota
• Texas
• Missouri
• Mississippi

What was Representative Talmadge's solution to the Missouri problem?

• Missouri could not be admitted under any circumstances.
• Missouri could come in a slave state, but the South had to give up the 3/5ths clause. 
• Missouri could enter as a free state, but slavery could not expand there. 
• If Missouri wanted in they had to abolish slavery.

The economy of the South depended on 

• manufacturing.
• slavery.
• digging up natural resources.
• finance and banking.

What office did Henry Clay hold in 1820?

• He was a Senator.
• He was a Congressional Representative.
• He was president.
• He was secretary or state.

What did the Missouri Compromise say about escaped slaves?

• Slave owners had to catch them before they made it North.
• If a slave made it to a free state they were free.
• The government had to pay slave owners for runaway slaves. 
• Slave owners could go to free states to capture escaped slaves.

What line divided slave and free territory in the Louisiana Purchase after the Missouri Compromise was made?

• The northern border of Missouri
• The southern border of Missouri
• The eastern border of Missouri
• The western border of Missouri

Which state came in with Missouri to keep the balance between slave and free states in the Senate?

• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Dakota
• Maine

Which is a free state?

• Ohio
• Tennessee
• Kentucky
• Maryland

The issue of slavery and the Missouri Compromise made what former president fearful for the nation's future?

• George Washington
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams