Missouri Compromise

Before Missouri applied for statehood there was a balance in the number of slave states and free states. How many of each type of state were there?

• 13

• 11

• 15

• 24

Which line of latitude would become the northern limit for the expansion of slavery into new territories after the Missouri Compromise was ratified?

• 45 degrees North latitude

• 36 degrees, 30 minutes North latitude

• The Equator, 0 degrees latitude

• 45 degrees South latitude

What practice was banned in new territories above the 36 degree, 30 minute North line of latitude after the Missouri Compromise was passed?

• slavery

• religious freedom

• funding public education

• sectionalism

Why would someone in the south oppose the Missouri compromise?

• It would limit new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

• It would expand new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

Why would someone in the north be in favor of the Missouri compromise?

• It would limit new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

• It would expand new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

The idea that the people who lived in a territory should be allowed to decide if they would be anti or proslavery was called?

• Expansionist Theory

• Slavery Choice Act

• Popular Sovereignty

• Fugitive Slave Act

The Kansas-Nebraska Act also ____________________ The Missouri Compromise.

• supported

• added to

• introduced

• repealed

An abolitionist was a person who ___________ slavery.

• opposed

• supported

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Clay

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

• In the House of Representatives
• In the Senate
• In the Executive Branch
• In the Judicial Branch