1. Happy Thursday class! Please take out 1.Agenda 2.Pencil 3.Lined sheet of paper Write your name, date, and period on top right hand corner Title your paper, “Missouri Compromise Notes”

2. EQOTD: 1.What was the Missouri Compromise? 2.What potential problems do you see with the Missouri Compromise?

3. Turn your textbook to page 266 and read the section titled, “Missouri Compromise”. After you’ve read the section… 1.In one to two sentences, write down the definition of sectionalism 2.In one to two sentences, write down the problem with adding Missouri as a state 3.In one sentence, write down who came up with a compromise 4.In three sentences, write down the conditions of the Missouri Compromise 5.Prediction: Do you think it worked (in the short term & long term)? Why/why not?

4. Essential Question: What is the Missouri Compromise? What is the significance of this compromise? 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? 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.

5. 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 1850. 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? Pair-Share: Describe the Missouri Compromise to your partner.

6. 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 1850. 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.