Compromises & Dred Scott

California entered the US as a free state under what compromise?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

Established that the 36⁰ 30⁰ line/parallel would determine if states would enter the US as slave or free

• Missouri Compromise (1820)

• Compromise of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act/Law was added to what Compromise to make the South happy?

• Missouri Compromise (1820)

• Compromise of 1850

If the 36⁰ 30⁰ parallel was followed, this state would have been cut in half.

• Washington DC

• Missouri

• California

• Maine

Which entered the US as a free state in the Missouri Compromise (1820)?

• Missouri

• Maine

• California

• Washington DC

Land north of the 36 30 parallel/line would be...

• free states

• slaves states

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states. North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited

• prohibited, permitted or allowed

• sometimes prohibited, never allowed

• cheap, expensive

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease (make happy) the South?

• It created new taxes for railroad construction.

• It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves

• It added California as a slave state