The Missouri Compromise Ms. Clark is awesome! I love Plymouth
What were the terms…? Slavery would not be restricted in Missouri Maine was carved out of Northern Massachusetts and admitted as a free state Territories north of 36º 30’ N latitude in the Louisiana purchase would not have slavery People in the north were encourage to return runaway slaves
The Compromise of 1850
What were the terms…? California was admitted into the Union as a free state that would never allow slavery A large territory was split into the Utah and new Mexican Territories The slave trade was ended in Washington DC The Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened