Name
Class
Date
CHAPTER
16
Section 1 Guided Reading and Review
Slavery in the Territories
A. As You Read
As you read Section 1 in your textbook, fill in the missing causes and effects.
Causes
Effects
Missouri applied for statehood as a
slave state.
1.
2.
Slavery was legal in the Louisiana
Purchase south of the Missouri border.
Many northerners opposed the
spread of slavery into the West.
3.
4.
People opposed to the spread of
slavery founded the Free-Soil party.
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Explain the relevance of each term to the debate over slavery.
5. Missouri Compromise
7. popular sovereignty
8. Free-Soil party
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Guided Reading and Review
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