5. To expand slavery or not to expand slavery; THAT is the question.
The Compromises
To expand slavery or not to expand slavery; THAT is the question.

6. The Southern Economy Cotton, wheat, tobacco, rice Labor-intensive
Dependant on on slaves
Counter to the Northern manufacturing economy

7. The Political Balance of Power
The Northern Republicans (abolitionists) against the Southern (future) Democrats
22 states; 11 free, 11 slave

8. The Missouri Compromise of 1820

9. Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a slave state.
But that would upset the balance between slave and free states.
So What Do We DO????

11. Missouri Compromise of 1820
Missouri enters as a slave state
Maine as a free state
No slavery above the bottom line of Missouri (36,30 latitude).

12. ALTERNATE INTELLIGENCE

13. What has a foot but no legs?

14. What has a foot but no legs? A SNAIL

15. What comes down but never goes up?

16. What comes down but never goes up? RAIN

17. Mary’s father has five daughters - Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono
Mary’s father has five daughters - Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughter’s name?

18. Mary’s father has five daughters - Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono
Mary’s father has five daughters - Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughter’s name?
MARY

19. We see it once in a year, twice in a week, and never in a day
We see it once in a year, twice in a week, and never in a day. What is it?

20. We see it once in a year, twice in a week, and never in a day
We see it once in a year, twice in a week, and never in a day. What is it?
THE LETTER “E”

21. 1850
Cali wanted to enter the Union as a free state. Free state or slave state?
Texas said they had land all the way across the Santa Fe. Disputed with Mexico.
Washington D.C. was home to the largest slave market in North America.
What Should We Do????

22. The Compromise of 1850

24. The Solutions Let states choose slavery or free in the future
No trading slaves in D.C., but slavery still legal
Fugitive Slave Act
Underground Railroad peak in
Texas gives up border dispute with Mexico, gets $10 mill.
Slavery now in the national spotlight
Kept nation united, but only temporarily

25. The Fugitive Slave Clause
Slaves escaped from the South who run to the North must be captured and sent back South.
Now the duty of the North to help enforce slavery.
This causes the Underground Railroad to hit its peak in
The Fugitive Slave Clause