MISSOURI COMPROMISE 1820
Conditions of Compromise At the time there were 11 free and 11 slave states Maine is admitted as Free and Missouri is admitted as Slave Imaginary line drawn through Louisiana territory… above=free; below=slave
Conditions of Compromise of 1850 California is admitted as free state Lands obtained by Mexico got to choose if they wanted to be free or slave- popular sovereignty Fugitive Slave Act is passed Fugitive slave Act- if a slave is caught in the North they MUST be returned… No slave is safe now
KANSAS NEBRASKA ACT 1854