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.