The Missouri Compromise was an agreement made in order to establish a balance between the number of free and slavery states.
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| 1846869424 | Missouri Compromise | Agreement made to keep the balance of slave and free states equal. Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine added as a free state in 1821. | 0 | |
| 1846869425 | Kansas-Nebraska Act | Act that superseded The Missouri Compromise and allowed the territories in that state to decide whether or not they were to be free or slave territories based on popular sovereignty. | 1 | |
| 1846869426 | Henry Clay | Known as the "Great Pacificator" for his work on developing components for The Missouri Compromise. | 2 | |
| 1846869427 | James Monroe | The President of the United States from 1817 to 1825. | 3 | |
| 1846869428 | 1820 | Maine and Missouri are added to the U.S. | 4 | |
| 1846869429 | The Republican Party | Political group founded in 1954 as a group supporting anti-slavery. | 5 | |
| 1846869430 | Parallel 36 30' North | The boundary line in the Missouri Compromise that separated the North from the South | 6 | |
| 1846869431 | Dred Scott v Sanford | The case that found The Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. Finding that Congress had no say in declaring what territories could or could not be slave or free states. | 7 | |
| 1846869432 | Fifth Amendment | Stating "...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." | 8 | |
| 1846869433 | Douglas | Senator known for designing the Kansas-Nebraska Act. | 9 |
