Chapter 15 Test
The Missouri Compromise
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820 TIMELINE
1817
MISSISSIPPI ENTERS THE UNION AS A SLAVE STATE
1818
ILLINOIS ENTERS THE UNION AS A FREE STATE
1819
ALABAMA ENTERS THE UNION AS SLAVE STATE.
BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN SLAVE STATES AND FREE STATES IS EQUAL IN
CONGRESS
1820
APPLICATION BY MISSOURI TO ENTER THE UNION AS A SLAVE STATE.
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820 IS DRAFTED BY
BY HENRY CLAY OF KENTUCKY AND BECOMES LAW.
* MISSOURI ENTERS THE UNION AS SLAVE STATE.
* MAINE ENTERS THE UNION AS A FREE STATE.
* BOUNDARY FOR SLAVERY IN THE WEST IS SET.
* BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN FREE STATES AND SLAVE STATES
REMAINS EQUAL.
BY 1820 THE UNITED STATES HAD GROWN TO INCLUDE TWENTYTWO
STATES.
1. ELEVEN STATES WERE FREE STATES - SLAVERY WAS PROHIBITED.
2. ELEVEN STATES WERE SLAVE STATES - SLAVERY WAS ALLOWED.
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE ALSO SET THE BOUNDARY FOR SLAVERY
IN THE UNITED STATES. SLAVERY WAS BANNED NORTH OF 36, 30'
LATITUDE IN THE LANDS ACQUIRED WITH THE LOUISIANA
PURCHASE.
Below is a map of the free states and the slave states because of the Missouri Compromise.
The Missouri Compromise
James Monroe
1. Who wrote the Missouri Compromise?
Henry Clay
Mr. Gilbert
2. What year was the Missouri Compromise written?
1945
1820
2000
3. After the Missouri Compromise the number of free states and slave
states was?
different
the same
4. After the Missouri Compromise:
The North were
slave states
free states
The South were
5. In 1820, how many states were in the United States?
22
SLAVE AND FREE STATES - 1820
Directions: Click and drag each state below into the slave state column or the free
states column.
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Slave States
Free States
Louisiana
Illinois
Vermont
New York
Missouri
Tennessee
Ohio
North Carolina
States: