1. The Missouri Compromise

4. 1. What is Missouri?
A state located in the mid-western region of the U.S.
It is the 24th state to join the Union
Joined in 1821

5. 2. What is a compromise?

7. 2. What is a compromise?
a. When people, groups, sides, etc. each give up something they want in order to reach an agreement.

8. 3. What problem led to the Missouri Compromise?

9. 3. What is the Missouri Compromise?
11 Northern Free States
11 Southern Slave States

10. 3. What problem caused the Missouri Compromise?
a. Missouri wanted to become
a state
it was going to be a slave state
Northern free states worried b/c Southern slave states would have more power in government

11. 4. How was a compromise reached?

12. 12 Northern Free States 11 Northern Free States NO SLAVERY
11 Southern Slave States
12 Southern Slave States

13. 4. How was a compromise reached?
Maine wanted to be a state, it was decided that it would be a free state.
Missouri wanted to be a state, it was decided that it would be a slave state.
Congress allowed Missouri and Maine to join the Union; this preserved an equal number of free and slave states
Slavery would be BANNED north of the 36°N parallel

14. 5. What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise?
What did it mean for the United States?