Slavery in the Territories Booklet
The issue of slavery in the territories was an important issue starting in 1820, but it became a controversial
issue in the 1850s. You will be creating a booklet that looks at the growing issue of slavery in the territories
through 5 events; the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred
Scott decision and the Election of 1856. You will fully explain each event in detail especially focusing on
how these events related to the issue of slavery in the territories. Don’t forget to include important people who
were involved in these events. For 4 of the events there will be a map of the U.S. that you will color to reflect
the issue of slavery in the territories.
Do not forget a key for your map; pgs 362, 479, 481 and 484 in Ch. 17 may be helpful.
Follow the format listed below as a guide while answers the questions.
Pages 1 and 2
Cover
1
2
Slavery in the Territories
Map
Map
(remember to include a key)
(remember to include a key)
Missouri Compromise
(1820)
Compromise of 1850
Explain the causes, terms
and effects of the Missouri
Compromise.
Explain the Compromise of
1850 including the causes,
terms and effects of the
agreement.
By: Your name
Period:
Pages 3 and 4
3
Pages 5 and 6
5
4
Map
(remember to include a key)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
(1854)
Explain the KansasNebraska act and its surrounding controversy.
The Election of 1856
Explain the position of the 3
different political parties on
slavery in the territories, and
what the result of the election
of 1856 revealed about the
feelings of the nation regarding the issue of slavery in the
territories?
6
Map
(remember to include a key)
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
(1857)
Explain the Dred Scott
Case, its causes, parts and
impact on slavery in the
territories.
Slavery in the 1850s
Explain why slavery in the
territories was such a big
issue in the 1850s and why
abolitionists in 1857
thought that slavery would
soon be allowed even in
states that had previously
banned it.