The Missouri Compromise and the Nullification Crisis
1. Which region, north or south had the most land area in 1820?
2. Which region was more densely populated?
3. Which region had the higher number of black people?
4. What two southern states did the population outnumber white population?
5. In which region can you find states where the female population outnumbered the male population?
6. Compare the land area in the territories where slavery was prohibited with that of the territories where slavery was permitted, by adding the land area totals of Michigan to Missouri, and then of Arkansas to Florida. Which had the most land area?
7. What changes did the Missouri Compromise bring to the U.S. map?
8. How did the Missouri Compromise solve the problem of keeping the balance of power in the Senate between the free and slave states?
9. What territory was added to the slave side?
10. What territory was to be kept free of slavery?
11. What did the south stand to gain as a result of the Compromise? What did the south stand to lose?
12. Why would the south begin to look to land to the west of the borders of the U.S., in what was then part of Mexico?
13. Could either side be considered the winner in this compromise? Why or why not?
14. What were the inhabitants of the portion of the Missouri Territory that was petitioning statehood authorized to do?
15. Who was eligible to vote and hold office?
16. What form of government were they required to establish?
17. How many representatives would they be given in the House of representatives until the next census could be taken?
18. Where was the slavery “forever prohibited?” What was the provision for fugitive slaves?
