Preventing War - Compromises before the Civil War

The "Great Compromiser" was...

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• Abraham Lincoln

• Millard Filmore

The Missouri Compromise was all about...

• Giving the north an advantage over the south

• Abolishing slavery in the northern states

• Keeping balance between slave and free states

• Forcing the south to give up slavery

The Missouri Compromise happened in...

• 1820

• 1830

• 1840

• 1850

Missouri entered as a _______ state

• Free

• Slave

To balance Missouri _________ entered as a free state.

• Massachusetts

• Michigan

• Minnesota

• Maine

_________ gave up land to create Maine as a part of the Missouri Compromise.

• Missouri

• New Hampshire

• Maryland

• New York

The Missouri Compromise created...

• The North-South Line

• The Oregon Trail

• The Mason-Dixon Line

• The Dixie Divide

How long did the Missouri Compromise last?

• 2 years

• 20 years

• 30 years

• 100 years

What replaced the Missouri Compromise?

• The Great Compromise

• The Compromise of 1820

• The 3/5 Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850 dealt with...

• new northern states

• new southern states

• new western states

• new eastern states