1. Day 8 STAAR Review
Compromises

2. Great Compromise
Created at the Constitutional Convention to solve the issue over the structure of the legislative branch. Combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans
Created a 2 house legislature (House + Senate = Congress); Senate based on two representatives per state; House of Representatives based on a state’s population.

3. Three-Fifths Compromise
Created at the Constitutional Convention to solve the issue over how slaves would count for representation and taxation purposes in Congress
Agreement would count three-fifths of a state’s slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation

4. Missouri Compromise of 1820
A series of laws enacted to maintain the balance of power between slave and free states
Missouri would enter the Union as a Slave State
Maine would enter the Union as a Free State
The 36’30 line was created; everything above the 36’30 line would be Free and everything below the 36’30 line would be Slave

5. Compromise of 1850
A series of laws enacted to maintain the balance of power between the slave and free states
California would enter the Union as a Free state
Fugitive Slave Act was passed
New Mexico and Utah Territory were given popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery in their territories