1. A Dividing Nation – Right Side
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois all applied for statehood as FREE states
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama all applied for statehood as SLAVE states
Balance! 11 free states & 11 slave states
1819- Missouri applied for statehood as slave state
1820 -Maine applied for statehood

3. left Side – Create the following t-chart
Your Compromise and Why
What actually Happened….

4. Missouri Compromise 1820 left side continued
“The Great Compromiser” – Henry Clay
Missouri would enter the union as a slave state and Maine would enter as a free state
Slavery was banned north of north latitude (with the exception of Missouri).

6. Slavery stats Year Slave Population 1790 697,681 1800 893,602 1810
1,191,362
1820
1,538,022
1830
2,009,043
1840
2,487,355
1850
3,304,313
1860
3,953,760

8. The Compromise of 1850 Henry Clay on the scene again!
CA enters as free state and New Mexico and Utah territories open to slavery (based on popular sovereignty)
Slave trade abolished in Wash DC but not banned
Fugitive Slave Law passed –required return of escaped slaves and Northerners must work with slave catchers

9. The Dred Scott Decision 1857
Dred Scott NOT a citizen therefore had no legal
right to sue
Slaves were property and no one could be deprived
of property without due process (5th amendment)
Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional ..basically
slaveholders could take their slaves into free territory
and they would still be slaves

10. Secession spreads across the south…
Secession spreads across the south….. April 12, 1861 attack on Fort Sumter –Civil War begins

11. Title: Tragic Prelude List at least 3 details that highlight the conflict btw the North and South…right side