1. Slavery Compromises

2. Goals: 1. Define compromise. 2. Discuss the various compromises over the issue of slavery. 3. Explain why the Fugitive Slave Act was so horrible.

3. Mason - Dixon Line (1760's)

5. Line between Maryland and Pennsylvania. North = Free South = Slave

6. Mason - Dixon Line (1760's) Line between Maryland and Pennsylvania. North = Free South = Slave Line would follow Ohio River.

7. Missouri Compromise of 1820

9. Missouri would be a slave state. Maine would be a free state.

10. Missouri Compromise of 1820 The U.S. would be divided along the 36 30' line of latitude. North of line = Free South of line = Slave

11. Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri would be a slave state. Maine would be a free state. The U.S. would be divided along the 36 30' line of latitude. North of line = Free South of line = Slave

12. Compromise of 1850

14. California would be free.

15. Compromise of 1850 California would be free. The territories in the Mexican Cession could vote to be free or slave.

16. Slave Auction

17. Compromise of 1850 California would be free. The territories in the Mexican Cession could vote to be free or slave. Slave trade would be banned in Washington, D.C.

18. Fugitive Slave Act

19. Compromise of 1850 California would be free. The territories in the Mexican Cession could vote to be free or slave. Slave trade would be banned in Washington, D.C. Southerners could go into the North to recapture their runaway slaves. (Fugitive Slave Act)

20. Fugitive Slave Act