Objective: To examine the causes and effects of the conflict

Objective: To examine the causes and effects of the conflict that erupted over the proposed statehood of Missouri. Do Now: Read the following quote by Abraham Lincoln. “‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease too be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it or its (supporters) will push it forward till it shall become lawful in all the states, old as well as new, North as well as South.” What point is Lincoln making about the future faced by the United States?

Missouri Compromise of 1820 A. Missouri applies for statehood as a slave state B. Threatens the balance in congress—11 free states and 11 slave states already exist C. Henry clay proposes: – i. Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state – ii. Louisiana Territory split: above the 36 30’ north latitude slavery is illegal; below slavery is legal—except Missouri

The Missouri Question Northerners were against adding Missouri to the union as a slave state because it would disrupt the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states. Missouri Compromise Missouri was admitted to the union as a slave state, and Maine was admitted as a free state. Original 13 States Balance of Free and Slave States (1821) Maine (1820) Illinois (1818) Missouri (1821) Alabama (1819) Indiana (1816) Mississippi (1817) Ohio (1803) Louisiana (1812) Vermont (1791) Tennessee (1796) Rhode Island Kentucky (1792) New York Virginia New Hampshire North Carolina Massachusetts South Carolina Connecticut Maryland New Jersey Georgia Pennsylvania Free States Delaware Slave States

Slavery was allowed in the part of the Louisiana Purchase south of the 36 , 30'N. Slavery was banned north of 36 , 30'N, except for Missouri. Sectionalism – loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country.