The Rising Storm: Civil War Compromises Missouri Compromise Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise, 1820 Helpful Rhyme To save the Union, The Missouri Compromise was key Missouri entered slave and Maine entered free NOTE: The southern border of Missouri would also be a dividing line. No slavery would be allowed north of that line.
Compromise of 1850 Helpful Rhyme Compromise of 1850 added California as free But the Fugitive Slave Act made the North angry NOTE: The Compromise of 1850 also allowed the southwest territories to choose to be slave or free. This also antagonized the north.
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 Helpful Rhyme The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave people a choice To be slave or free—make the vote your voice But “Bleeding Kansas” was what it created As north/south hatred only inflated
The Rising Storm: Civil War Compromises CompromiseYearMajor Features Missouri Missouri—slave; Maine---free +Missouri border is dividing line Compromise of California free; New Mexico slave +Strict Fugitive Slave Law Kansas-Nebraska Act Missouri Compromise repealed +”Popular sovereignty:” settlers can choose slave or free