Grade/Subject
Liberty Middle School – EDI 2013
LO: Students will be able to identify and explain the Missouri
Compromise1 and the Compromise of 1850.
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compromise: an
agreement in which both
sides in a dispute agree to
give up something they
want in order to achieve a
settlement.
APK:
Remember from our study of the
Constitution that each state has 2 Senators.
Look at the chart. How many Senators are
there from free states? How many from slave
states?
Pair/Share: If these Senators took a vote
about slavery, who would win? Why?
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Union: The United
States as one country,
united under a single
government.
Connect APK to LO:
Students, you already know from our recent
studies, that the Northern and Southern
states are becoming divided societies.
Now, we will look at a few efforts to keep the
peace between them and keep the country
whole. (Keep the Union2 preserved).
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Grade/Subject
Liberty Middle School – EDI 2013
Concept Development:
There were two compromises that occurred to try and keep the peace
between the ______states (South) and the _____states (North).
These were the __________Compromise of 1820 and the
Compromise of _______.
The ___________Compromise is the first real attempt by the federal
(national) government to deal with the dividing issue of ______________.
Slavery banned
forever!!!!
Slavery permitted

1.
_________
wanted to
be added to
the Union
as a ______
state.
2. Luckily,
________
also
wanted to
be added,
but as a
________
_state.
3. A compromise was reached. Missouri would
be a slave state, Maine would be a free state,
keeping the _________of power. And all future
states added would be determined slave or free
based on which side of the 36’ 30” parallel it was
on. This line became known as the
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_________________________
Grade/Subject
Liberty Middle School – EDI 2013
Concept Development:
The Missouri Compromise worked for a while. But after the
_________ ___________, a problem occurs.
1. _________
wants to
be
admitted
as a state.
2. The Missouri
Compromise doesn’t
work in this situation,
which causes
___________between
North and South
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Fugitive Slave Law of 1850:
Law requiring Northerners to
return any escaped slave
found in the North to their
masters in the South. If they
didn’t, they also could go to
jail.
3.
_____________
(Senator from
Kentucky)
suggests a
compromise.
Admit
California as a
____state.
Have a stronger
Fugitive
______Law3 to
make the South
happy. And,
the ______of
slaves is
banned in
_____________
____. But,
slavery would
be a choice in
_____and ____
_____________
territories.
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Skill Development/Guided Practice
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster offer a compromise.
Something for Everyone
Clay’s new compromise had something to please just about everyone. It began by admitting
California to the Union as a free state. That would please the North. Meanwhile, it allowed
the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, which would
please the South.
In addition, Clay’s plan ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C. Although slaveholders in
Washington would be able to keep their slaves, human beings would no longer be bought
and sold in the nation’s capital. Clay and Webster agreed that this compromise would win
support from abolitionists without threatening the rights of slaveholders.
Finally, Clay’s plan called for passage of a strong fugitive slave law. Slaveholders had long
wanted such a law, which would make it easier to find and reclaim runaway slaves.
Compromise of
1850
Pleased the North
Pleased the South
CFU
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