Compromises on Slavery in the Western Territories Missouri Compromise 1820 Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 Missouri Compromise 1820 • • • • • 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 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 • • • • • 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 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