The Missouri Compromise Flashcards
Part 1 out of 6 for the second SBQ studyguide summarizing the events of the Missouri Compromise that contributed to the (start of the) Civil War. Test is on 10/14/2014.
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| 1786686470 | By 1819, the country had an equal number of _____. | slave states (11 of each) | 0 | |
| 1786686471 | The border dividing the north and south was... | the southern boundary of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River. | 1 | |
| 1786686472 | In places north of the line (in the few places that had it), slavery was _______. | on it's way to extinction | 2 | |
| 1786686473 | No move had been made to extend slave state territory across/beyond ______. | Louisiana Territory | 3 | |
| 1786686474 | Southerners ______________ with their slaves | rushed westward beyond the Miss. Rvr., funneling through St. Louis | 4 | |
| 1786686475 | 1819, The Missouri Territory reached a population of over 60k white settlers, thus _________. | passing the minimum population requirement to become a state. | 5 | |
| 1786686476 | The House of Representatives were asked... | ... to approve legislation allowing Missouri to draft a constitution and apply for statehood. | 6 | |
| 1786686477 | NY Representative James Tallmadge Jr. | Proposed resolution prohibiting transport of more slaves into Missouri | 7 | |
| 1786686478 | Tallmadge's resolution... | ... angered the south. Southern congressmen threatened any effort to restrict slavery would lead to Civil War. | 8 | |
| 1786686479 | The House passed Tallmadge Amendment on ______ | an (almost strict) sectional vote (N/S split). Senate rejected it in the same way. | 9 | |
| 1786686480 | Around the same time, ______, which had been part of Massachusetts since colonial times, _______. | Maine, applied for statehood as well. | 10 | |
| 1786686481 | Senate decided to link Maine and Missouri's requests, admitting... | ... Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. | 11 | |
| 1786686482 | Jesse Thomas | extended compromise by adding amendment: slavery is excluded in all of the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36ยบ30' (Missouri's southern border) | 12 | |
| 1786686483 | Thomas's Amendment | passed in 1820, March 2nd | 13 | |
| 1786686484 | Missouri dominated by _____. | pro-slavery faction | 14 | |
| 1786686485 | At the constitutional convention, Missouri's dominant pro-slavery faction inserted in the proposed state constitution... | ... a proviso excluding free blacks and mulattos from the state. | 15 | |
| 1786686486 | The PRoviso | Clear violation of federal Constitution Free blacks already citizens in many states | 16 | |
| 1786686487 | Henry Clay | proposed "Second" Missouri Compromise | 17 | |
| 1786686488 | Missouri's admittance as a state depended on.. | assurance from Missouri legislature that it wouldn't deny free blacks constitutional rights | 18 | |
| 1786686489 | Missouri legislature adopted pledge, but... | ... denied it had any power to bind the people of the state to it. | 19 | |
| 1786686490 | President Monroe declares Missouri a state | Aug 10th, 1821 | 20 |