Grade/Subject Liberty Middle School – EDI LO: Students will be able to identify and explain the Missouri Compromise 1 and the Compromise of APK: Remember from our study of the Constitution that each state has 2 Senators. Look at the chart. How many Senators are there from free states? How many from slave states? Pair/Share: If these Senators took a vote about slavery, who would win? Why? Connect APK to LO: Students, you already know from our recent studies, that the Northern and Southern states are becoming divided societies. Now, we will look at a few efforts to keep the peace between them and keep the country whole. (Keep the Union 2 preserved). 1 compromise: an agreement in which both sides in a dispute agree to give up something they want in order to achieve a settlement. 2 Union: The United States as one country, united under a single government.

Grade/Subject Liberty Middle School – EDI Concept Development: There were two compromises that occurred to try and keep the peace between the slave states (South) and the free states (North). These were the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of The Missouri Compromise is the first real attempt by the federal (national) government to deal with the dividing issue of slavery. 1. Missouri wanted to be added to the Union as a slave state. 2. Luckily, Maine also wanted to be added, but as a free state. 3. A compromise was reached. Missouri would be a slave state, Maine would be a free state, keeping the balance of power. And all future states added would be determined slave or free based on which side of the 36’ 30” parallel it was on. This line became known as the Mason-Dixon Line. Slavery banned forever!!!! Slavery permitted  Pair-Share: If Missouri is added as a slave state, what happens to the balance between slave and free states? Add Missouri to the chart. Pair-Share: Describe the Missouri Compromise to your partner.

Grade/Subject Liberty Middle School – EDI Concept Development: There were two compromises that occurred to try and keep the peace between the slave states (South) and the free states (North). These were the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of The Missouri Compromise worked for a while. But after the Mexican Cession, a problem occurs. 2 Fugitive Slave Law of 1850: Law requiring Northerners to return any escaped slave found in the North to their masters in the South. If they didn’t, they also could go to jail. 1.California wants to be admitted as a state. Look at the Mason Dixon Line. Pair-share: What is the problem here? 2. The Missouri Compromise doesn’t work in this situation, which causes arguments between North and South 3. Henry Clay (Senator from Kentucky) suggests a compromise. Admit California as a free state. Have a stronger Fugitive Slave Law 3 to make the South happy. And, the trade of slaves is banned in Washington, D.C. But, slavery would be a choice in Utah and New Mexico territories. Pair Share: Which part of this compromise would cause the most debate? Why do you think so? Pair Share: Explain the Compromise of 1850 to your partner.

Skill Development/Guided Practice CFU How did I know where to put the information? Henry Clay and Daniel Webster offer a compromise. Something for Everyone Clay’s new compromise had something to please just about everyone. It began by admitting California to the Union as a free state. That would please the North. Meanwhile, it allowed the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, which would please the South. In addition, Clay’s plan ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C. Although slaveholders in Washington would be able to keep their slaves, human beings would no longer be bought and sold in the nation’s capital. Clay and Webster agreed that this compromise would win support from abolitionists without threatening the rights of slaveholders. Finally, Clay’s plan called for passage of a strong fugitive slave law. Slaveholders had long wanted such a law, which would make it easier to find and reclaim runaway slaves. Pleased the NorthPleased the South Compromise of 1850 California as a free state It allowed the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery ended the slave trade in Washington DC. a strong fugitive slave law Which part of the Compromise of 1850 do you think is most controversial (most debated)?

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Grade/Subject Liberty Middle School – EDI