Underneath the Civil War heading, click on the Missouri Compromise website.

1. What did the Missouri Compromise temporarily accomplish?

2. How did the United States acquire Missouri?

3. At the time of Missouri's admission to the United States, how many free and slave states were there?

4. East of the Mississippi, what line marked the boundary between free and slave states?

5. Describe the bills introduced by Tallmadge and Clay?

Underneath the Civil War heading click on the Free/Slave Soil Map. Answer these questions according to the map.

6. Who controlled the Oregon Territory? When was the treaty made?

7. Aside from the United States, which country held the most territory in North America?

8. Based on the Missouri Compromise, would San Francisco be in a free state or a slave state? Why?

Look at the information under the debates of Stephen Douglass and Abraham Lincoln in 1858
 

9. In your OWN WORDS, what does Popular Sovereignty mean?

10. In your OWN WORDS, what did Lincoln mean in his House Divided speech?