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The Rising Storm: Civil War Compromises  Missouri Compromise  Compromise of 1850  Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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1 The Rising Storm: Civil War Compromises  Missouri Compromise  Compromise of 1850  Kansas-Nebraska Act

2 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.

3 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.

4 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

5 The Rising Storm: Civil War Compromises CompromiseYearMajor Features Missouri 1820 +Missouri—slave; Maine---free +Missouri border is dividing line Compromise of 1850 1850 +California free; New Mexico slave +Strict Fugitive Slave Law Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 +Missouri Compromise repealed +”Popular sovereignty:” settlers can choose slave or free


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