2. The Missouri Compromise

3. Review How many Senators for each State?

4. Review How many Senators for each State? 2

5. Review How many Senators for each State? 2 In 1819, there were 22 States. There were 11 States in the South, and 11 in the North. What was their biggest disagreement in the early 1800s?

6. Review How many Senators for each State? 2 In 1819, there were 22 States. There were 11 States in the South, and 11 in the North. What was their biggest disagreement in the early 1800s? Slavery!

7. What happens in the Senate if the North gets one more State?

8. Missouri wanted to be that one more state. What is the problem?

9. There was a fierce debate over Missouri. Slave or Free?

10. Henry Clay brought people together to come up with a solution

11. The solution: Missouri added as a slave state

12. The solution: Missouri added as a slave state All future states would be divided up between North/South

13. The solution: Missouri added as a slave state All future states would be divided up between North/South Massachusetts Bay colony was broken up into Massachusetts and Maine.

14. The solution: Missouri added as a slave state All future states would be divided up between North/South Massachusetts Bay colony was broken up into Massachusetts and Maine. How many Northern States vs Southern States? How many Senators?

15. Thomas Jefferson on the Missouri Compromise: “Like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell (funeral bell) of the Union.” “I have been among the most sanguine (positive) in believing that our Union would be of long duration. I now doubt it much.” -Thomas Jefferson, 1820 What was Jefferson worried about? Why?