6.1-6.2 (2023-2024)

This territory started tension between the North and South because it would upset the balance in Congress

• Missouri

• Kansas

• Nebraska

• California

What was the belief Congress had no power to impose its will on a state

• the theory of states’ rights,

• Manifest Destiny

• Compromise of 1850

• Nullification Crisis

Compromise

• when a settlement is created, ending a dispute.

• the action of withdrawing from membership

• Southerners began to speak of secession

• created the Missouri Compromise of 1820

Secession

• when a settlement is created, ending a dispute.

• Congress voted in 1836 to set aside all anti-slavery petitions until further notice

• the action of withdrawing from membership

• Missouri will join the Union as a slave state. Maine would enter as a free state. Congress drew an imaginary line across the Louisiana Purchase.

Due to the debate on Missouri draging on

• Southerners began to speak of secession

• when a settlement is created, ending a dispute.

• the theory of states’ rights,

• the Union together

Who created the Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Jimmy Butler

• Pep Guardiola

• Henry Clay

• Stephen Douglas

What was not a part of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri will join the Union as a slave state.

• Maine would enter as a free state.

• Congress drew an imaginary line across the Louisiana Purchase.

• California would join as a free state

What did the Missouri Comrpomise Line do?

• South of this line slavery will be permitted. North of this line slavery will be banned, except in Missouri.

• It upset the balance in Congress

• Congress voted in 1836 to set aside all anti-slavery petitions until further notice

• It made the West want to secede from the Union

What was the first Compromise that kept Union together?

• Election of 1860

• Kansas & Nebraska Act

• Bleeding Kansas

• The Missouri Compromise

What was the “gag rule”

• A rule that kept Henry Clay from suggesting compromises

• A rule that allowed people in Congress to speak about slavery

• Congress voted in 1836 to set aside all anti-slavery petitions until further notice

• A rule for people in Congress to not use metal canes.