Download Name: Missouri Compromise Webquest Answer on a separate sheet

Name:
Missouri Compromise Webquest
Answer on a separate sheet of paper
Go to http://www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise
1. Missouri’s request for admission to the Union as a slave state threatened to
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2. What two things were worked on with the compromise bill?
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3. Complete the timeline:
1808 –
1819 –
1820 –
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4. How many states are slave states?
5. How many states are free states?
6. What latitude is the Missouri Compromise Line?
7. What was the total population of Virginia? What was the black population in Virginia?
8. What was the total population of Pennsylvania? What was the black population in
Pennsylvania?
9. In what two Southern states did the black population outnumber the white population?
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7. Why would adding Missouri as a slave state be a problem for free states?
8. Who played a crucial role in creating a two-part solution for the Missouri Compromise?
9. What state was added to the North in this Compromise?
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10. What fears would be added if Missouri were admitted as a state?
11. Why was the particular parallel line chosen?