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Missouri CompromiseThe Issue of Slavery and the Movement West
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Essential Questions
• How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 attempt to settle the debate over the future of slavery in the growing American republic?
• How did the Nullification Crisis a decade later demonstrate the widening divide between northern and southern states?
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Manifest Destiny
• God himself blessed the growth of the American nation
• Indian tribes Christianized• Saving souls – 2nd Great Awakening
• Economic Motives• Fur trapping
• California Gold Rush (1848)
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Manifest Destiny
American Progress – John Gast (1872)
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1819 11 free states and 11 slave states
• Problem - what to do with new territories?
• Senate consist of :
• 2 representatives from each state
• House of Representatives:
• based on states population-
• slave states had more representatives
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Why is this a Problem?
• 1820 - 2 territories want to enter• Maine
• Missouri (about 2,000 slaves)
• What is the dilemma for Congress?
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Missouri Compromise
• Also known as the Compromise of 1820
• Maine enters as a free state
• Missouri enters as a slave state
• No slavery would be allowed north of the 36’30” line
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Interactive map of Missouri Compromise
• INTERACTIVE MISSOURI COMPROMISE MAP
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The Quick Fix
• The Missouri Compromise was a temporary solution to the questions of slavery and territorial rights.
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Southern Response
• South realized that this compromise threatened the balance between free and slave states
• WHY?
• South felt the US would need territories from Mexico’s territory in which to expand slavery the only area left was in Arkansas
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Nullification of South Carolina • SC argued that a state has the
right to void within its borders, a law passed by Congress.
• Tariff of Abominations (Tariff of 1828)• Attacked Southern Planters • Endangered the institution of
slavery
• John C. Calhoun and other South Carolinians wanted “States’ rights)
• S.C. Threated to secede from the Union
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Critical Thinking Questions
• Why was the Missouri Compromise called a "compromise"?
• What did each section of the country, North and South, gain and what did each give up?
• What is the role of compromise in a self-governing society, considering that many convictions are deeply held but not shared by everyone in the community? Further, is some level of compromise necessary to the survival of a democratic republic?