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The Missouri Compromise (1820) Effect Short Term: Create temporary balance between slave & non-slave states 36 30 line was obeyed till Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 Long Term: War was caused because of the never ending battle over slavery Cause Result Missouri wants to come in as a slave state (1819) Anti-Slavery: allowing this would ruin the balance between slave & non-slave states Pro-Slavery: Believed North had no right to interfere with their way of life Missouri is slave, Maine is non-slave Slavery is forbidden North of the latitude 36 30 mark People in North were encouraged to return runaway slave
Effect Henry Clay creates compromise Cali. enters as a free state New territories of New Mexico & Utah left the decision to its citizens (popular sovereignty) Prohibits slave trade in Washington D.C. Empowers the Fugitive Slave Act Compromise of 1850 Cause Slave v. Non-slave debate over new territory gained after the Mexican War California adopted anti- slavery constitution
Fugitive Slave Act Allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States
Kansas Nebraska Act Effect Result Cause Whig Party splits (one of two major parties at the time) Northern Whigs voted against bill. Southern Whigs voted for. Most Southern Whigs were swept into Democratic Party Northern Whigs became Republican (the party of Lincoln) Result Sen. Stephen Douglas (Illinois) wants to see Nebraska made into territory Proposes Kansas as a Southern state to balance Nebraska as non- slave Kansas is above 36 30 latitude, but bill is passed in 1854 allowing popular sovereignty above the mark Cause Settlers want to move into Nebraska but won’t till it’s organized as a territory so they can legally claim land Southern reps. in no hurry to admit Nebraska (lays above the 36 30 latitude line)
Journal Entry Characters Slave (living in the South) Escaped slave (living in the North) Slave Owner White Northerner Free black Northerner **Count Off**
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