Name:
Compromises Guided Notes
What Compromises?
1. Today, we’re going to look at
land
.
a.
b.
c.
Why was a Compromise Needed?
1. These compromises were needed because the
states and the
states were divided over
whether new states should have slavery or not.
2. These compromises tried to prevent the
from happening.
The U.S. in 1820…
1. At this time in the U.S., there were
states.
2. 11 states were
states (in the North) meaning
there were no slaves.
3. 11 states were
states (in the South) meaning
there were slaves.
4. It was very important to the United States at this time that the free and
slave states remained
.
Quest for Statehood
1. In 1819, the
territory and
territory wanted to
.
become a US
2. The big question was whether or not these states would be
states or
states.
3. Much
southern
broke out between the northern and
.
Compromise of 1820
1. A man named
came
to propose a Compromise.
2. The Compromise:
a. Maine would enter into the U.S. as a
state
b. Missouri would enter into the U.S. as a
state.
c. Now the United States had an even 12 free states and 12 slave
states.
3. The U.S. avoided tension for
years before more
arrived.
Another Compromise
1. America grew
as a country over
the next 30 years after the Compromise of 1820.
2. The nation was faced again with issues of
being admitted
into the U.S. as
or
states.
3. Henry Clay, in his
this time, would again come up with a
.
Compromise of 1850
1. The U.S. would allow
admitted as a
2. The territories of
to be
state.
and
could become slave states
when they applied for statehood. It was up to the residents of that territory
to
on it.
3. The
was
in Washington D.C.
4. The
was passed. This act said that slaves had to return to their masters if caught
escaping in the north.
5. The U.S. avoided tension again but only for
and
building…
years this time.
was
Yet Another Compromise
1. The territories of
could soon apply to become a
and
were growing in the U.S. and
.
2. The issue?
3. You guessed it! To be a
or
state.
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
1. The issue of becoming a slave or free state was becoming a
issue.
2. The
lawmakers and
lawmakers
to let the
whether they want to be a
slave or free state.
of the territories
3. This process is called
they
– letting the people vote what
.
4. This may seem like a good idea but it caused
tension.
of
Why Tension?
1. Northern and southern lawmakers wanted Kansas and Nebraska, once
admitted as states, to join in their
.
2. Either
or
3. The two parties spent an
amount of
states.
and
to get what they
.
4. In the end, Kansas entered the U.S. as a
the nation
state and
more.
5. This was another
to the
because the North had more say and control over the future of the nation
and the South had little say.
6. The drums of
were getting
and
.