Compromises Flashcards
1
Q
What was the Missouri Compromise
A
Main would become a free state and Missouri would become a slave state
2
Q
What was included in the Compromise of 1850?
A
California became a free state, the slave trade was banned in Washington D.C., but there were new slave laws like slaves don’t have the right to a jury trial.
3
Q
Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act? What did the act do? What was the result?
A
Steven Douglas and jeffery butler The people who lived on the land got to vote to see if the territories were free and pro slavery.
4
Q
Who was Stephen Douglas?
A
he helped determine how to choose if Kansas and Nebraska would become a pro slave or free territory.
