The Missouri Compromise Review

Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than states with slavery?

• losing respect

• losing tax revenue

• losing voting power

• losing future elections

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

• It temporarily ended the slavery debate

• It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.

• It led to the South seceding from the Union

• It upset the balance of states with slavery and free states in the Union

What was the significance of the 36˚30´ parallel?

• It separated the North from the South

• It indicated the northern border of Missouri

• It showed the borders of the United States

• It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned

According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area would slavery banned?

• Southern states

• Northern states

• Louisiana Territory

• land acquired from Mexico

Events & Acts: an agreement made by Congress in 1820, Missouri was admitted to the U.S. as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state

• Missouri Compromise

• "Gag Rule"

• Wilmont Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

Events & Acts: Congress voted in 1836 to prevent all debate about slavery

• Missouri Compromise

• "Gag Rule"

• Wilmont Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

Events & Acts: a proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the U.S. as a result of the Mexican-American War

• Missouri Compromise

• "Gag Rule"

• Wilmont Proviso

• Compromise of 1850

People: creator of the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850

• Henry Clay

• David Wilmot

• Daniel Webster

• Charles Sumner

People: Pennsylvania Representative; proposed banning slavery in land gained in the Mexican Cession

• Henry Clay

• David Wilmot

• Daniel Webster

• Charles Sumner