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Missouri Compromise Activity
1. Color each of the following regions in the Missouri Compromise of 1820 in a different color
on the outline map of the US: Free State, Free Territory, Slave States, Slave Territory,
Unorganized Territory. Use the map on pg. 258 as a reference.
2. Color a SOLID line to show the Missouri Compromise line.
3. Make a color key in the empty box.
4. Using the Missouri Compromise section of textbook (pg. 257-258,) answer the following
questions:
a. What issue divided the country most?
b. What state applied for statehood in 1819?
c. How many Free and Slave states were there in 1819?
i. Free:
ii. Slave:
d. What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
e. What two states were admitted to the Union as part of the Compromise?
f. Why did new problems about slavery arise after the Compromise?
5. Using the map you just created, Put an “X” next to the statements that are true. Correct any
incorrect statements.
a. _____ Pennsylvania was a Free State in 1820
b. _____ According to the Missouri Compromise, slavery would be banned in Michigan,
and allowed in Arkansas.
c. _____ Before the Missouri Compromise, there were more slave states than free
states.
d. _____ Most of the Louisiana Purchase was South of Missouri Compromise line.
e. _____ Slavery was banned in Florida because it was South of the Missouri
Compromise line.