WE CAN WORK IT OUT…USI.9B

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The Compromises that led to the Civil War

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The United States, 1789

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The Louisiana Purchase

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The Missouri CompromiseIn the Senate, where each state

gets two votes, the balance of power was necessary between the “Free” and “Slave” states, so that one side wouldn’t pass a law to ban or expand slavery.

In 1820, two states were added: Maine and Missouri.

Write in your book: Missouri was added as a slave state

and Maine was added as a free state.

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The Missouri CompromiseLocate Maine on your map. Color it Yellow. Was Maine a Free or Slave State? Use what you know (think location) to answer that question.

Locate Missouri on your map. Color it Orange. Was it a Free or Slave State? Use what you know (think location) to answer that question.

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The Missouri CompromiseMaine, admitted as a FREE STATE

Missouri, admitted as a SLAVE State

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The Missouri Compromised also made the creation of slave states above the 36˚ 30’ mark illegal. Let’s find the line on your map. Using your knowledge of the geography of

the region, do you think slavery would be needed or could even be established to the SOUTH of the Missouri Compromise line? Do you think that the Southern states resented this line? Do you think they were happy with this decision? What do you think they will do about it later on?

The Missouri Compromise

The Southwest Territories would have a chance to decide on slavery, called popular sovereignty. Color those two places PINK.

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California was admitted to the Union as a Free State, following the 1849 Gold Rush.Find California on your map and color it BROWN.

Compromise of 1850

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Compromise of 1850On your map, outline the Slave states

in ORANGE.

Outline the Free states in YELLOW.

Write in your book:California was added as a free state.

Southwest territories would decide about slavery (popular sovereignty).

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THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACTPeople were allowed to vote on the

issue of slavery, called popular sovereignty.

On your map, color Kansas and Nebraska Territories GREEN.

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THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACTWrite in your book:

People decided the slavery issue, popular sovereignty

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Let’s Look at it again….

You see how they tried to keep the balance of power in Congress even. But eventually, it was impossible to do that. The Southwest Territories and Kansas-Nebraska could have been slave states, but couldn’t decided soon enough for the hard-core slave states. By Lincoln’s election in 1860, there was nothing else to give, from either side.

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Could They Work it OUT?

NO

•Most southerners believed that the states had freely joined the union and could freely leave it.

•Most northerners, including Lincoln, believe that the United States was one nation that could not be separated or divided.

• Following Lincolns election, the Southern states seceded from the Union.

• Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, marking the beginning of the Civil War.