1. Slavery Compromises

2. Goals: 1. Define compromise. 2. Discuss the various compromises over the issue of slavery. 3. Explain why the Fugitive Slave Act was so horrible.

3. Mason - Dixon Line (1760's)

4. 1. Line between Maryland and Pennsylvania. 2. North = Free South = Slave South = Slave

5. Mason - Dixon Line (1760's) 1. Line between Maryland and Pennsylvania. 2. North = Free South = Slave South = Slave 3. Line would follow Ohio River.

6. Missouri Compromise of 1820 http://www.powershow.com/view/443f0- OWMwZ/Henry_Clay_and_the_Missouri_Compromise_powerpoint_ppt_presentati on

7. Missouri Compromise of 1820 1.Missouri would be a slave state. 2.Maine would be a free state.

8. Missouri Compromise of 1820 3.The U.S. would be divided along the 36 30' line of latitude. 4.North of line = Free South of line = Slave

9. Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri = slave state. Maine = free state. Maine = free state. The U.S. would be divided along the 36 30' line of latitude.

10. Compromise of 1850

11. 1. California would be free.

12. Compromise of 1850 1. California would be free. 2. The territories in the Mexican Cession could vote to be free or slave.

13. Slave Auction 3.Slave trade would be banned in Washington, D.C.

14. Fugitive Slave Act

15. Compromise of 1850 California would be free. The territories in the Mexican Cession could vote to be free or slave. Slave trade would be banned in Washington, D.C. Southerners could go into the North to recapture their runaway slaves. (Fugitive Slave Act)

16. Fugitive Slave Act