U.S. Compromises and Regional Differences

This compromise admitted one slave state, and one free state. Additionally, it designated the status of future states in the region as off limits to slavery or open to slavery.

• Maine Compromise

• Louisiana Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

This compromise admitted California as a free state a year after the gold rush:

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

This compromise dealt with the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase, where the issue had already been decided previously.

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Nullification Act

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Compromise of 1850 in three parts:

• Strictly to please the South

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Mexican Cession

• slave trade banned, but you could keep the slaves you had

• Washington DC

• slavery decided by popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico.

The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the

​ (a)   and caused many Northerners to ​ (b)   .

• Compromise of 1850
• join the abolition movement
• Missouri Compromise
• Nullification Crisis
• cooperate with Southern slave owners
• run for Congress

Match the following Compromise to it's effect

• Balance of Free and Slave States

• Missouri Compromise of 1820

• Political influence in the South

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Law

• 3/5ths Compromise

What is the effect of the Compromise of 1850?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Slaves worked in gold mines

• Escaped slaves can vote

• Balance of free and slave states

What is the effect of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Slaves worked in gold mines

• Escaped slaves can vote

• Balance of free and slave states

Which region of the U.S. was known for its large plantations, cash crops: cotton, and tabacco.?

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What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• Republican Party lost influence in legislature

• Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional

• Tensions between North and South increased

• Immigrants were forced to relocate South