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Compromise of 1850 Map Activity – US History
Directions: Answer the following questions and label the map as directed. Use textbook pages 347-354
for maps and information regarding the Compromise of 1850.
1. Label each state or territory with its name.
2. Draw a solid RED line to show the Missouri Compromise line.
3. Color the free states and territories of 1850 GREEN.
4. Color the slave states and territories of 1850 ORANGE.
5. Color the territories open to slavery by popular sovereignty under the Compromise of 1850
YELLOW.
6. Answer the following questions based on your map:
a. How did the number of free states and slave states affect representation in Congress?
b. Explain why the Missouri Compromise line did not provide a solution to the problem of
California’s statehood.
Compromise of 1850 Map