The Compromises Unit 1 Pre-Civil War
The Missouri Compromise (aka The Compromise of 1820) Keeps the balance between free states and slave states 36 30’ line – No slavery above (except Missouri) Maine – Free state Missouri – Slave state
The Compromise of 1850 California enters as a free state (Gold Rush 49) Henry Clay “The Great Compromiser” Outlaws slavery in Washington D.C. Fugitive slave act of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 “Bleeding Kansas” violence People from Missouri go to Kansas to vote pro-slavery Lawrence, Kansas attacked by pro-slavery group John Brown, the abolitionist
Preston Brooks v Charles Sumner