Compromises #1

In 1820, Missouri wanted to join the United States.  Was Missouri a slave state or a free state?

• free
• slave
• The citizens would vote to decide

Name the author of the Missouri Compromise.

• John Brown
• Abraham Lincoln
• Henry Clay
• Thomas Jefferson

Slave states wanted to add Missouri to the Union.  What did the free states get in return?

• All new states north of Missouri's southern border would be free states.
• No other slave states would be created.
• Vermont became a free state.
• No new slave states could be made west of the Mississippi River.

Why did the southern states want to keep slavery?

• The people of the South were bad.
• It was the law to own slaves in the South.
• Slavery helped their economy.
• The South had no factories to do their work.

Did the Missouri Compromise solve the problem of slavery?

• Yes
• No
• It did for awhile.
• It made the problem worse.

What freedom did the Kansas-Nebraska Act give to the citizens of those states?

• All people could own property, not just rich men.
• Citizens could vote for laws for the first time.
• Citizens could vote to decide if they wanted slaves in their state.
• Citizens could vote to make slavery legal or illegal.

Who thought of the idea for the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• John Brown
• Stephen Douglas
• Henry Clay
• Abraham Lincoln

Why was the Kansas-Nebraska Act written?

• To encourage slavery in the west.
• To build a railroad that would pass through Chicago.
• To stop slavery from spreading to the west.
• To make money for slave owners.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do to the Missouri Compromise?

• It supported it.
• It didn't affect it.
• It made the Missouri Compromise stronger.
• It erased it.

How did people react to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• They gave speeches against it.
• They refused to vote.
• They moved into those states to control the vote.
• They wanted it to be applied to all states.