Pre Civil War Compromises

Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas - Nebraska Act

Maine entered the Union as a Free State.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

Created a law that said "no slave states North of Missouri"

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

California entered the Union as a Free State.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

The Southwest Territories were granted "Popular Sovereignty"

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Which of these compromises did NOT include "Popular Sovereignty"?

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

Compromise said that each new State would decide the issue of slavery for themselves (Popular Sovereignty)

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

This compromise got rid of the law saying "no slavery North of Missouri."

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

This compromise made Northerner's nervous that slavery would spread to the North.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

Which answer has the compromises in the correct chronological order?

• Missouri Compromise, Kansas Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas Nebraska Act

• Kansas Nebraska Act, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850