Missouri Compromise Presentation - U.S. History: Mr. Hunt · Missouri Compromise 4. What was the...
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TheMissouriCompromiseHowdidtheMissouriCompromisecontributetoadividingnation?
ADividingNation
“Ahousedividedagainstitselfcannotstand.”
-AbrahamLincoln
1. Whatdoyouthinkthe“house”inLincoln’sstatementrepresents?2. Whatmightbedividingthishouse?3. WhatdoyouthinkLincolnmeantbyhisstatement?
ADividingNation
Lincolnissuedthiswarningtothenationthreeyearsbeforethestartof
theCivilWar.Hiswordsrevealthetensionsthatdevelopedbetween
theNorthandtheSouththroughoutthe1800s.The“house”in
Lincoln’swarningwastheUnion.Theissuedividingthe“house”was
slavery.
Introduction
1. ReadIntroductionto“ADividingNation”2. Answerthecorrespondingquestionsonyourhandout.
ADividingNation
1. Whatwasthetroublingquestionthenationtriedtoavoid?• Couldthenationcontinuehalf-slaveandhalf-free?
2. Whycouldthisquestionnolongerbeignored?• Slaverystartedtoexpandintonewterritories.
3. Whywerenewproblemscreatedwhenthenationattemptedtocompromiseonthisquestion?• Becauseitwasadeeplymoralissue.
MissouriCompromise
1. Wewillread“TheMissouriCompromise”together
2. Answerthecorrespondingquestionsonyourhandout
MissouriCompromise1. Whattwonamesaregiventothe1820eventthatdealtwiththespread
ofslaveryintotheLouisianaTerritory?A:TheMissouriCompromise,ortheCompromiseof1820
2.In1818,howmanystateswerethere?Howmanywerefreestatesandhowmanywereslavestates?A:11freeand11slave3.WhyweremanySouthernersagainstbanningslaveryinMissouri?A:Therewerealready2,000slavesthere,andtheywantedmorepowerforslavestatesinCongress
MissouriCompromise4.Whatwasthe“compromise”thatwasreachedin1820?A:MainewouldenterintotheUnionasafreestate,whileMissouriwouldenterinasaslavestate.Inaddition,animaginaryline(36°30’“MissouriCompromiseline”)wasdrawnthatpreventedslaveryspreadingintonewterritoriesnorthofthesouthernborderofMissouri(exceptforMissouri)5.WhatrulesdidtheCompromiseof1820setforhowslaverywouldexpandintotheWest?A:FornewstatescomingintotheUnion,slaverywouldbebannednorthofMissouri’ssouthernborder.Thisimaginarylinewasknownasthe36°30’“MissouriCompromiseline”
MissouriCompromiseMappingDirections:1.Workneatly—sloppyworkwillnotbeaccepted.2.Labeleachstatewithitscorrectabbreviation.3.Labeltheterritories.4.Makeakeyforthemap;colortheslavestates,freestates,andunorganizedterritoriesindifferentcolors.5.Boldlyoutline,orhighlight,thetwonewstatescreatedbytheMissouriCompromise.6.DrawtheimaginaryMissouriCompromiselineacross36°,30’.7.Trynottopeak,butifyoumust,thereisamaponpage404.8.Putyourcoloredpencilsawaywhenyou’refinished.