Question/Problem 2: How did compromises postpone conflict between North and South?

Directions: Use your textbook or other available resources to complete the following chart.

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Name of Compromise	|		Provisions of Compromise
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Missouri Compromise		P  1) Missouri became a slave state.
(1820)
				A  2) 	Maine became a free state.

				B  3) 	Slavery was prohibited north 
					of the 36 30' line for the
					remainder of the Louisiana 
					Purchase. 


Compromise of 1850		A  1) 	California became a free state.

				P  2) 	Popular sovereignty was to 
					decide the issue of slavery in 
					the New Mexico and Utah 
					territories. 

				P  3) 	Stricter fugitive slave law.

				A  4) 	Slave trade abolished in 
					Washington, DC. 

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) 	B  1) 	Divided the remaining territory 
					in the Louisiana Purchase into 
					two parts, the Nebraska 
					Territory and the Kansas 
					Territory. 

				B  2) 	Popular sovereignty was to 
					decide the issue of slavery in 
					the Nebraska and Kansas 
					territories.