BE PREPARED:
o Grab paper from the table
HOMEWORK:
o Underground RR Cartoon
(due: Wednesday 4/20)
Free States!
Slave States!
The classroom has been divided up.
Suppose Mr. Berlanda is allowing one
of the groups today to earn candy.
Both groups will have a chance to vote on
which side should get the candy!
The group that has more votes…wins!
Group 1 – How would you feel if your
fellow classmate joined your group?
Why?
Group 2 – How would you feel if your
fellow classmate joined the other group?
Why?
 1)
What did Thomas Jefferson know
could eventually tear the country apart?
The issue of slavery
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2a) By the year 1819, how many slave
states were in the Union?
11 slave states were in the Union
“Free”
“Slave”
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2b) How many free states were in the
Union?
11 free states were in the Union
“Free”
“Slave”
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Why were Northern states upset that
Missouri wanted to become a “slave
state”?
If Missouri became a slave state, the south
would have a majority in the Senate
Your fellow classmate __________, go
join group 1
 4)
Who created a compromise to uphold
the balance of free and slave states?
Henry Clay – “The Great Compromiser”
 5)
What were the THREE parts of the
Missouri Compromise?
1) Maine became a free state
2) Missouri became a slave state
3) A line was drawn at 36⁰30’ (southern
border of Missouri).
Land above the line banned slavery. Land
below the line allowed slavery.
Missouri enters as a ___ state and ___ enters as a ___ state
36⁰, 30’
A line was drawn separating Louisiana Purchase land
(future free and slave states)
Missouri enters as a ___ state and ___ enters as a ___ state
36⁰, 30’
A line was drawn separating Louisiana Purchase land
(future free and slave states)
The year is 1850 and new states (free and slave
have been added) according to the Missouri
Compromise
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Maine
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Vermont
Rhode Island
New York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
What’s the problem with this?
Florida
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
Georgia
Delaware
# 6 Parts of the
Compromise
South
c) Fugitive Slave Law
required all citizens
to help capture
runaway slaves.
North
a) California
enters as a free d) The people in the
state
New Mexico and Utah
b) Slave trade
territories will decide
banned in
if their states become
Washington
slave or free – NOT
D.C.
CONGRESS
Fill in the Compromise of 1850 map
Indian
Territory
Popular sovereignty gave the people the
right to decide issues (like slavery)