Compromises, and the road to the Civil War

What was one of the affects of the Missouri Compromise?

• It made Missouri a slave state

• it made a war between the North and the South

• It created more free states

• It admitted California as a slave state

When was the Missouri compromise created?

• 1803

• 1820

• 1854

• 1828

Who created the Missouri Compromise?

• John Brown

• Stephen Douglas

• Dred Scott

• Henry Clay

What Nullified the Missouri Compromise?

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• Nullification Crisis

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

What were two parts of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Louisiana would be split into two territories

• Eliminated the slave trade

• Nullification of the Missouri Compromise

• Balanced the number of Slave States and Anti-Slave States.

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• the people of a state vote for or against slavery

• The federal government votes on major issues

• Congress solves political issues by voting

• the House of Reps votes on major issues