Compromises on Slavery
Compromise:
Missouri
Compromise of
1820
There was a debate about whether new western territories
would be __________ states or __________ states.
The Missouri Compromise added _________ as a slave state and
________ as a free state. This helped to balance slave states and
free states.
In 1850, California entered the United States as a _________ state.
Compromise of
1850
In return, ___________ southerners demanded stronger fugitive
slave laws.
Southwest territories would decide the issue of ___________for
themselves.
Kansas
Nebraska Act,
1854
The __________ in each territory could decide whether to allow
slavery or not. This was called popular sovereignty.