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Unit 3.5 Classwork: The Missouri Compromise

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Content Objective: I will be able to explain the concept of Manifest Destiny in my own words.
Standard Objective: I will be able to determine implicit relationships between and among individuals and events, (e.g., cause-effect).

Absent? Just want to review the guided notes? Slides are linked here.
Content Objective: I will be able to explain the concept of Manifest Destiny in my own words.
Standard Objective: I will be able to determine implicit relationships between and among individuals and events, (e.g., cause-effect).

Absent? Just want to review the guided notes? Slides are linked here.
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Warm Up: Be sure to answer in complete, college-ready sentences!

Question 1
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What is a compromise?

Note: This was a vocabulary term last semester and should be review!

Question 2
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If a compromise resolves (fixes) conflict short-term, but not long-term, is it still beneficial to compromise? Explain why or why not.

Note: There are no right or wrong answers here! Only valid or invalid answers, meaning you are supporting your opinion with reasoning.

Building Knowledge Together: Let's make sure we're all on the same page!

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Question 3
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Examine the details of the secondary source map to the left. Based on the map, what can you infer (gather) about the terms of the Missouri Compromise in 1820?

Question 4
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When Missouri applied to become a state in 1820, there were currently _______ free states and 11 _______ states.

The addition of Missouri into the United States would have upset the _______ of free states and slave states, so Henry Clay proposed a compromise which allowed Missouri to join as a _______ state if Maine joined as a free state, thereby keeping the balance between Northern and _______ state representation equal in the _______.
This agreement is known by historians as the Missouri Compromise that established the 36°30' line, which determined that all states _______ the line would become free states - except for _______ - while all states below the line would become slave states.

Applying Knowledge: Now it's your turn to read up on the Missouri Compromise and its historical significance.


Printed on Map: "Designed to exhibit the comparative area of the free and slave states and the territory open to slavery or freedom by the repeal of the Missouri compromise. With a comparison of the principal statistics of the free and slave states, from the census of 1850."
Map Key
Red = Free state
Dark Blue = Slave states are in dark blue
Green Blue = Territories that could be slave or free if the Missouri compromise was ended
Question 5
5.

The main purpose of the passage is to

Note how Question #1 is about the entire article. Hence, you should wait until you read the entire article before you answer it! (Hint: You should do the same thing on the SAT Reading exam.)

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Question 7
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The MOST likely reason for including information about the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 is to show

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Question 10
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Which answer choice BEST describes the central tension that led to the Missouri Compromise?

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Question 12
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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? (from Paragraph 4)

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Still feeling confused? Check out this 2 minute video for more support!
Finité. Don't forget to go back to question #5 and answer it! Then click "Submit" in Formative and "Mark as done" in Google Classroom.
Question 6
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According to the passage, the reaction to the Missouri Compromise can best be described as

Question 8
8.

It can be reasonably inferred that "self-determination" is

Question 9
9.

The passage indicates that Thomas Jefferson believed that the question over slavery would eventually lead to

Question 11
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Based on the information in the passage, it can be reasonably inferred that

Question 13
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As used in line 1, "sentiment" most nearly means

Question 14
14.

The final paragraph develops a key concept of the article by