THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE, 1820

Map Analysis Use your textbook and Internet sources to locate and label the following cultural features on the map provided. Alabama Maine North Carolina Arkansas Territory Maryland Ohio Connecticut Massachusetts Oregon Country Delaware Michigan Territory Pennsylvania Florida Territory Mississippi Rhode Island Georgia Missouri South Carolina Illinois New Hampshire Tennessee Indiana New Jersey Unorganized Territory Kentucky Spanish Territory Vermont Louisiana New York Virginia Once you have completed the above, use colored pencils to color-code the areas on the map to reflect the following:

• States and territories closed to slavery • States and territories open to slavery • States formed as a result of the Missouri Compromise • Label the 36 degrees, 30 minutes North line on the map

Finally, answer the questions below on a separate page (near your completed map!) in your notebook.

1. Define the word compromise.

2. Explain the key elements of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

3. How would the formation of states in the Michigan, Arkansas, and Florida territories affect the balance of power that the Missouri Compromise tried to maintain?

4. In the long term, which area (free or slave) would most likely benefit the most

from expansion? Justify your answer with a detailed explanation.