Compromises on Slavery in the Western Territories
Missouri Compromise 1820
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
Missouri Compromise 1820
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Proposed by Henry Clay
Kept the number of free states & slave states equal
Missouri enters the Union as a slave state
Maine enters the Union as a free state
Drew a line @ 36* 30’ across the West as the boundary for
slavery
Wilmot Proviso
David
Wilmot
David Wilmot (a Congressman from Pennsylvania) called
for this law
A proposed law to ban slavery in any lands won from
Mexico.
Southerners opposed it because they said that Congress had
no right to ban slavery in the territories.
In 1846, the House of Representatives passed this bill, but
the Senate defeated it.
He proposed this law because northerners feared the South
would extend slavery into the West.
Compromise
of 1850
 Proposed by Henry Clay
 California entered the Union as a free state
 The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into
the territories of Utah & New Mexico, and the
people there would now vote on whether or not to
allow slavery
 The slave trade was ended in Washington, D.C.
 A strict new fugitive slave law was passed
Kansas-Nebraska Act
1854
• Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas proposal
• Tried to settle the issue of slavery in the western territories
• The area west of Missouri & Iowa was divided into the
territories of Kansas & Nebraska
• Both were north of 36*30’ so slavery had been banned there
which angered southerners
• Douglas proposed repealing the Missouri Compromise line
and letting the voters (popular sovereignty) in each territory
vote on whether or not to have slavery
• Southerners supported it while northerners opposed it
Compromises on Slavery in the Western Territories
Missouri Compromise 1820
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
Missouri Compromise 1820
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Proposed by _________________________________
Kept the number of __________states & __________ states equal
________________ enters the Union as a ____________state
________________enters the Union as a ____________state
Drew a line @ _____________across the West as the boundary
for slavery
Wilmot Proviso
David
Wilmot
 ____________________________(a Congressmen from Pennsylvania)
called for this law.
 A proposed law to ban __________________in any lands won from
_________________.
 _______________________opposed it because they said that
____________________had no right to ban slavery in the
__________________________.
 In 1846, the _________________________________________passed this
bill, but the _________________defeated it
 He proposed this law because northerners feared the
______________________ would extend __________________into the
____________________________.
Compromise
of 1850
 Proposed by ______________
 ___________ entered the Union as a _______ state
 The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into
the territories of ________ & ____________, and
the people there would now ________ on whether
or not to allow ____________
 The _____________ was ended in _____________
 A strict new ______________________ was passed
Kansas-Nebraska Act
1854
• Illinois Senator ___________________proposal
• Tried to settle the issue of _____________ in the __________
territories
• The area west of Missouri & Iowa was divided into the territories of
______________ & ________________
• Both were north of 36*30’ so slavery had been ___________ there
which angered _________________
• Douglas proposed repealing the _____________________ line and
letting the voters (_______________________) in each territory
vote on whether or not to have slavery
• ______________ supported it while _______________ opposed it