Missouri / 1850 Compromise

The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to

• Ensure slavery did not expand

• Keep balance between slave and free states

• Abolish slavery

• Ensure states could all choose for themselves

Due to the Missouri Compromise, _________ entered as a free state

• Maine

• Missouri

• Nebraska

• Colorado

Due to the Missouri Compromise, _________ entered as a slave state

• Maine

• Missouri

• Arkansas

• Ohio

The Missouri Compromise took place in the year

• 1816

• 1808

• 1820

• 1852

The Missouri Compromise stated that all states north of Missouri would be

• Left up to popular sovereignty

• Never become states

• Slave States

• Free States

Due to the Compromise of 1850, _______ entered as a free state

• Maine

• Missouri

• Arizona

• California

Which law said slaves in the North had to be returned

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Slave Codes

• Black Codes

• Missouri Compromise

According to the Compromise of 1850, Arizona and New Mexico would

• Have slaves

• Not have slave

• Would be half slave-half free

• Be left up to Popular Sovereignty

Maine entered as a free state due to the

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• X

• X

Missouri entered as a slave state due to the

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850