Missouri Compromise and the Debate on Slavery

What was the balance in the Senate in 1819?

• No slave states

• Equally balanced between slave and free states

• More free states than slave states

• More slave states than free states

What sparked the first major national debate on slavery?

• The admission of Maine as a state

• The creation of the Constitution

• Missouri's application for statehood

• The Louisiana Purchase

What did northern politicians demand for Missouri's admission to the Union?

• To remain a slave state

• To free its slaves

• To join the Confederacy

• To become a territory

Who was known as the 'Great Compromiser'?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry Clay

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Talmage

What did the Missouri Compromise achieve?

• Banned slavery in all new states

• Maintained the balance in the Senate

• Admitted Maine as a slave state

• Admitted Missouri as a free state

What was the significance of the line drawn across the Louisiana Purchase territories?

• It allowed slavery north of the line

• It had no impact on slavery

• It banned slavery south of the line

• It allowed slavery south of the line and banned it north

What did Thomas Jefferson predict about the Missouri debate?

• It would strengthen the Union

• It would have no lasting impact

• It would eventually tear the country apart

• It would lead to immediate emancipation

What was the immediate outcome of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri became a free state

• The Union was dissolved

• The issue of slavery was permanently settled

• The issue of slavery was temporarily settled

What compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state?

• The New Orleans Treaty

• The Virginia Compromise

• The Monroe Agreement

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive