1. Chapter 15, Section 1
Slavery and the West

2. The Missouri Compromise
In 1819 eleven states in the Union permitted slavery and _________________ did not. The request by _____________ for admission as a state caused a debate because its constitution allowed slavery.
The North and South had been competing for new lands in the western territories

3. Clay’s Proposal
The _____________________ suggested that Congress admit Missouri as a slave state and ______________ as a free state. The _______________________ passed in 1820.

4. New Western Lands
The territories of Texas, New Mexico, and _________________ renewed the dispute over the issue of slavery. The annexation of _________________ became the main issue in the presidential election of 1844.

5. Conflicting Views
During the war with Mexico, the _________________ was proposed in Congress. It specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands acquired from _________________. Senator ________________ countered, proposing that neither Congress nor a territorial government had the authority to ban _______________.

6. The Free Soil Party
The ____________________ Party was formed when neither presidential candidate in 1848 would take a stand on slavery. The possibility of new states entering the Union renewed Southern concern over the balance of power in the _______________.
“Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men.”

7. California
President Taylor had wanted California and New Mexico to apply for statehood immediately after being acquired
Doing so would have upset the balance of power in Congress.

8. A New Compromise
In _________________ Senator Henry Clay presented a multi-part plan to settle the issues dividing Congress. This launched an emotional debate that lasted ___________.

9. The Compromise of 1850
Finally, ________________ took charge of resolving the crisis. The laws that passed in Congress, known as the ________________, contained the five main points of Clay’s original plan.
1. California would be admitted as a free state
2. The New Mexico territory would have no restrictions on slavery
3. The New Mexico-Texas border dispute would be settled in favor of New Mexico
4. Slave trade would be abolished in the District of Colombia
5. There would be a stronger fugitive slave law