Compromises

Question 1

Compromise of 1850

Answer 1

• Created by Henry Clay in 1850 to address California’s request for statehood
• California: free
• New Mexico and Utah territories were allowed to choose slave or free
• ended slave trade in Washington, D.C.
• strong fugitive slave law
• northerners strongly opposed
• southerners wanted fugitive slave law to be harsher

Question 2

Kansas- Nebraska act

Answer 2

• Created in 1854 by Stephen Douglas
• Created Kansas and Nebraska territories so transcontinental railroad could be built
• Kansas and Nebraska above 36 30, but allowed to vote on slave or free
• many Missourians crossed the border to vote (pro-slavery: border ruffians)
• Kansas: slave
• rigged vote: hostility
• Preston brooks beat up Charles sumner in the senate
• John brown

Question 3

Missouri Compromise

Answer 3

Created by Henry Clay in 1821
Maine: free 
Missouri: slave
South of 36 30: slave
Kept the balance between free and slave states for almost 30 years