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Slavery: Cause and Catalyst of the Civil War
www.nps.govMissouri Compromise. Under its terms, Maine was admitted as a free state at the same time Missouri came in as a slave state, maintaining the balance between slave and free. Additionally, Congress prohibited slavery in all western territories lying above Missouri’s southern boundary. The Missouri Compromise quieted the agitation over slavery.
AP History DBQ LEQ SEQ Rubrics - Harry S. Truman ...
www.trumanlibrary.govScott's home state of Missouri determined his status, that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories, and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. B. The decision harmed the Democrats by casting doubts on the effectiveness of popular sovereignty, the idea that had held the northern and southern factions in ...
AP UNITED STATES HISTORY 2015 SCORING GUIDELINES
secure-media.collegeboard.orgthrough the Missouri Compromise, thus giving rise to proposals such as the Wilmot Proviso and popular sovereignty, which ultimately led to the Compromise of 1850. The essay also notes that other tensions (labor systems, abolitionism, etc.) were inflamed by the war.
Slavery and Secession - Caggia Social Studies
caggiasocialstudies.comMissouri Compromise; it declared that slaves were property. B. Answer He was trying to appease the Southerners. He felt that the small number of slaves in Kansas made the issue relatively unim-portant. Dred Scott’s lawsuit dragged on for years, and set off even more controversy over slavery. p0324-331aspe-0310s4 10/16/02 4:06 PM Page 325
APUSH Period 1-5 Timeline
www.apushexplained.com• 1820: Missouri Compromise • 1820-1860: Sectional conflict – western expansion + slavery in territories = drama • 1823: Monroe Doctrine • 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson: Age of Common Man & Age of Reform – Nullification Crisis (1833), Trail of Tears (1838-39) • nd1828-1854: 2 party system (Whigs vs. Democrats)
Missouri Compromise – Free vs. Slave States (Teacher Version)
www2.census.gov• I will be able to explain American sectionalism in the early 1800s. • I will be able to cite the parameters of the Missouri Compromise and evaluate its effectiveness. By 1861, the issue of slavery in the United States had become so intense that it led our nation into a bloody civil war.