Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850

The three parts of the Missouri Compromise were to allow the admission of Missouri

into the Union, prohibit slavery north of the 36 30’N line of latitude, and this:

• Allow the admission of Maine into the Union

• Allow the admission of Wisconsin into the Union

• Prohibit slavery north of the Ohio River

• Prohibit slavery south of the Ohio Rive r

In order to increase the odds of the

Missouri Compromise passing the

House of Representatives, this person

who was the Speaker of the House,

broke the bill into three parts:

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• Benjamin Franklin

By 1849, it was becoming increasingly

likely that New Mexico, Utah, and this

place, would join the Union as either

a state or territory:

• Texan

• Virginia

• New Mexico

• California

The four parts of the Great Compromise were that California be admitted to the

Union as a free state, that the New Mexico Territory wouldn’t have any restrictions on

slavery, create stronger fugitive slave laws, and this:

• Allow the admission of Missouri into the Union

• Allow the admission of Maine into the Union

• The slave trade would be abolished in Washington D.C.

• The slave trade would continue to occur in Washington D.C.

Georgia would allow the Compromise of 1850 to happen ONLY if this was passed:

• Slave Return Law

• Fugitive Slave Act

• California Act

• Slave State Law