1. Compromises on Slavery in the Western Territories
Missouri Compromise 1820
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

2. Missouri Compromise 1820 Proposed by Henry Clay
Kept the number of free states & slave states equal
Missouri enters the Union as a slave state
Maine enters the Union as a free state
Drew a 36* 30’ across the West as the boundary for slavery

3. Wilmot Proviso
David Wilmot
David Wilmot (a Congressman from Pennsylvania) called for this law
A proposed law to ban slavery in any lands won from Mexico.
Southerners opposed it because they said that Congress had no right to ban slavery in the territories.
In 1846, the House of Representatives passed this bill, but the Senate defeated it.
He proposed this law because northerners feared the South would extend slavery into the West.

4. Compromise of 1850 Proposed by Henry Clay
California entered the Union as a free state
The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into the territories of Utah & New Mexico, and the people there would now vote on whether or not to allow slavery
The slave trade was ended in Washington, D.C.
A strict new fugitive slave law was passed

5. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas proposal
Tried to settle the issue of slavery in the western territories
The area west of Missouri & Iowa was divided into the territories of Kansas & Nebraska
Both were north of 36*30’ so slavery had been banned there which angered southerners
Douglas proposed repealing the Missouri Compromise line and letting the voters (popular sovereignty) in each territory vote on whether or not to have slavery
Southerners supported it while northerners opposed it

6. Compromises on Slavery in the Western Territories
Missouri Compromise 1820
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

7. Missouri Compromise 1820 Proposed by _________________________________
Kept the number of __________states & __________ states equal
________________ enters the Union as a ____________state
________________enters the Union as a ____________state
Drew a _____________across the West as the boundary for slavery

8. David Wilmot
Wilmot Proviso
____________________________(a Congressmen from Pennsylvania) called for this law.
A proposed law to ban __________________in any lands won from _________________.
_______________________opposed it because they said that ____________________had no right to ban slavery in the __________________________.
In 1846, the _________________________________________passed this bill, but the _________________defeated it
He proposed this law because northerners feared the ______________________ would extend __________________into the ____________________________.

9. Compromise of 1850 Proposed by ______________
___________ entered the Union as a _______ state
The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into the territories of ________ & ____________, and the people there would now ________ on whether or not to allow ____________
The _____________ was ended in _____________
A strict new ______________________ was passed

10. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 Illinois Senator ___________________proposal
Tried to settle the issue of _____________ in the __________ territories
The area west of Missouri & Iowa was divided into the territories of ______________ & ________________
Both were north of 36*30’ so slavery had been ___________ there which angered _________________
Douglas proposed repealing the _____________________ line and letting the voters (_______________________) in each territory vote on whether or not to have slavery
______________ supported it while _______________ opposed it