The tension in the U.S. began to reach new heights between the North and the South in the decade before the Civil War. The status quo that had been produced by the Missouri Compromise was in serious jeopardy. In fact, the Missouri Compromise was about to become completely undone. How was peace to be maintained?  Students will investigate the following:

                           a) Missouri Compromise
                                        1) State the major issue between the North & South
                                        2) What was the South's position
                                        3) What was the North's position
                                        4) What was the compromise that held the nation
                                             together
 

                           b) Compromise of 1850
                                        1) What great event in the late 1840's caused tens of
                                             thousands of people to move west
                                         2) Why did the South view this with great
                                               trepidation
                                         3) What did the North want to happen because of
                                               this event
                                         4) State the results of this compromise
                                         5) Explain how the Compromise of 1850 affected
                                               the Missouri Compromise
 
 
 

                                                                                                  Missouri Compromise