Missouri Compromise

Why is the balance of the United States called into question?

• The Louisiana Purchase was made

• Ohio no longer wanted to be a part of the United States

• Kansas wanted to become a state

• Missouri wanted to become a state

What issue caused disagreements between friends and family in 1820?

• Kneeling during the National Anthem

• Indian Removal Act

• Slavery

What did northerners argue?

• Congress should make slavery illegal.

• Congress should not change the laws about slavery.

Why did it matter if Missouri entered as a slave state?

• It would mean there were more slave states than free states

• It would mean there were less slave states than free states

• Kansas would never become a state

If Missouri entered as a slave state, what state would enter as a free state?

• Idaho

• Kansas

• Maine

• Nebraska

What did the Missouri Compromise say about states that already had slavery?

• It did nothing

• It abolished slavery

• It increased slavery