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Slavery and Western Lands

Slavery and Western Lands. Shifting Balance of Power. The Missouri Compromise 1820. No slavery in territories and new states north of 36 degrees 30 minutes (southern border of Missouri) Missouri admitted as a slave state Maine admitted as a free state. Compromise of 1850.

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Slavery and Western Lands

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  1. Slavery and Western Lands Shifting Balance of Power

  2. The Missouri Compromise 1820 • No slavery in territories and new states north of 36 degrees 30 minutes (southern border of Missouri) • Missouri admitted as a slave state • Maine admitted as a free state

  3. Compromise of 1850 • California admitted as a free state • New Mexico and Utah territories use popular sovereignty to decide the status of slavery • Stronger fugitive slave law • Slave trade ended in Washington D.C. • Border dispute between New Mexico and Texas resolved

  4. Kansas-Nebraska Act -1854 • Kansas and Nebraska territories created • No more 36 degree 30 minute line • Kansas and Nebraska territories will use popular sovereignty

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