1. The Compromise Missouri Compromise (1820)
Maine applies for statehood as a free state in 1820
1. Maine is made a free state.
2. Missouri is a slave state.
3. No slavery allowed above 36°30’ Latitude

2. The Compromise Compromise of 1850 1. California is made a free state
2. Utah and New Mexico Territories will decide for themselves if they will be free or slave (Popular Sovereignty)
3. Fugitive Slave Law 1850 is passed – North must help catch runaway slaves.

4. The Compromise Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
The issue will be resolved through popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act effectively reverses the Missouri Compromise.

6. “Bleeding Kansas”

7. Dred Scott Decision- 1857
Supreme Court ruled that Scott, being a slave, was not a citizen and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court
Slaves are property and a person can not be deprived of their property
Slaves can be taken into any territory
Made all of the compromises unconstitutional
Slavery could extend to all territories