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The Compromises Unit 1 Pre-Civil War

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Page 1: The Compromises Unit 1 Pre-Civil War. The Missouri Compromise (aka The Compromise of 1820) Keeps the balance between free states and slave states 36

The CompromisesUnit 1

Pre-Civil War

Page 2: The Compromises Unit 1 Pre-Civil War. The Missouri Compromise (aka The Compromise of 1820) Keeps the balance between free states and slave states 36
Page 3: The Compromises Unit 1 Pre-Civil War. The Missouri Compromise (aka The Compromise of 1820) Keeps the balance between free states and slave states 36

The Missouri Compromise(aka The Compromise of 1820)

• Keeps the balance between free states and slave states

• 36 30’ line– No slavery above (except Missouri)

• Maine– Free state

• Missouri– Slave state

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The Compromise of 1850

• California enters as a free state (Gold Rush 49)• Henry Clay “The Great Compromiser”• Outlaws slavery in Washington D.C.• Fugitive slave act of 1850

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Kansas Nebraska Act 1854

• “Bleeding Kansas” violence• People from Missouri go to Kansas to vote

pro-slavery• Lawrence, Kansas attacked by pro-slavery

group• John Brown, the abolitionist

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Preston Brooks v Charles Sumner