Slave

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Slave Free States

• Social Studies
• 4th grade

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Teacher Page

• Content Social Studies
• Grade Level 4th
• Creator Heather Burroughs
• Curriculum Obj/MAP Standard/IBD G 1.10,
  CS 2,5

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As our country was forming, there were slave
states and free states.
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Slave States - States in the United States
that allowed slavery.
Free States - States in the United States
that prohibited slavery.
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In 1818 Missouri asked Congress to consider it
for statehood.
Definition- statehood becoming a state
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CONFLICT AROSE!
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Because Missouri had slaves it should have been
admitted as a slave state.
BUT
the 11 northern states didnt want another slave
state.
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What do you believe were some reasons for the
north not wanting Missouri to join the union as a
slave state?
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The 11 southern states didnt want another free
state.
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Why do you think the south was so against
allowing another free state?
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This argument of whether or not to allow Missouri
to enter the union as a slave state lasted . . .
TWO YEARS!!!!
Wow! Thats a long argument!!
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Finally Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky came up
with a plan.
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The Missouri Compromise
This allowed Missouri to join the union as a
slave state
while Maine joined as a free state.
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To prevent this type of argument from happening
again, the Missouri Compromise also created an
imaginary line drawn across Missouris southern
border that extended west.
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Maine
Missouri
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AFTER that point, new slavery states would be
forbidden north of that line.
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On August 10, 1821, Missouri was admitted to the
Union as a slave state and our countrys 24th
state.
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Do you agree with the Missouri Compromise?
How could the problem of Missouri becoming a
state been solved differently?
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The End