1. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was created to settle argument created when Missouri applied for statehood. a. Developed by Henry Clay of Kentucky. b. It kept the number of Free & Slave states even by adding the state of Maine as a free state & Missouri as a slave state. c. Established the Missouri Compromise Line of 36⁰ 30’. d. Sectionalism continued to grow & the US gained more land after the Mexican Cession in Henry Clay FREE STATES: Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania New Hampshire Vermont 1791 Ohio 1803 Indiana 1816 Illinois 1818 SLAVE STATES: Virginia Maryland N. Carolina S. Carolina Georgia Delaware Kentucky 1792 Tennessee 1796 Louisiana 1812 Mississippi 1817 Alabama 1819 Missouri Compromise Rap

Congress surveys the proposed territory to establish its boundaries. The “unorganized” territory is governed by an official appointed by Congress (Territorial Governor) When 5,000 legal voters have settled in the territory, a legislature is elected and a representative is sent to the Congress. The territory is now known as an “organized” territory. A territorial constitution is drafted when 60,000 people have settled in the “organized” territory. When the territorial constitution is approved by the Congress the organized territory applies for statehood Congress votes to grant statehood!

2. The Wilmot Proviso of 1848 was created to settle the argument created when the new lands from the Mexican Cession were obtained. a. Developed by David Wilmot of Pennsylvania. b. The plan outlawed slavery in all new lands obtained. c. The bill was defeated in Congress. FREE STATES: Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania New Hampshire Vermont 1791 Ohio 1803 Indiana 1816 Illinois 1818 Maine 1820 Michigan 1837 Iowa 1846 SLAVE STATES: Virginia Maryland N. Carolina S. Carolina Georgia Delaware Kentucky 1792 Tennessee 1796 Louisiana 1812 Mississippi 1817 Alabama 1819 Missouri 1821 Arkansas 1836 Florida 1845 Texas 1845 David Wilmot

3. The Compromise of 1850 was created to settle the argument created when California applied for statehood. a. Henry Clay of Kentucky, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, & Stephen Douglas of Illinois developed the plan. b. The plan was developed to equal out the number of slave & free states in the US if California were admitted as a free state. c. The Plan: 1. Fugitive Slave Law was imposed. 2. Texas becomes a slave state. 3. California becomes a free state. 4. Slave trade would be outlawed in Washington D.C. 5. Popular Sovereignty would be imposed in the territories of Utah & New Mexico. FREE STATES: Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania New Hampshire Vermont 1791 Ohio 1803 Indiana 1816 Illinois 1818 Maine 1820 Michigan 1837 Iowa 1846 California 1850 SLAVE STATES: Virginia Maryland N. Carolina S. Carolina Georgia Delaware Kentucky 1792 Tennessee 1796 Louisiana 1812 Mississippi 1817 Alabama 1819 Missouri 1821 Arkansas 1836 Florida 1845 Texas 1845 OTHER FUTURE STATES: Minnesota ? Oregon ? Utah ? New Mexico ? Nebraska ? Washington ? OTHER FUTURE STATES: Minnesota ? Oregon ? Utah ? New Mexico ? Nebraska ? Washington ? Henry Clay D. Webster S. Douglas Missouri Compromise Line of 1820 Popular Sovereignty Popular Sovereignty

4. Sectionalism continued & became “Radical” because of the growing abolition movement, the growth of the railroad, and the development of new territories (like Nebraska & Kansas) which led to the creation of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of a. Developed by Stephen Douglas. b. Plan called for scraping the Missouri Compromise Line & implementing Popular Sovereignty. c. Led to “Bleeding” Kansas. S. Douglas John Brown Pottawatomie Creek Massacre Pottawatomie Creek Massacre Statehood Chronological (2 min.)