**3.1 Classwork & Homework: The Missouri Compromise

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Content Objective: I will be able to determine the short-term and long-term success of the Missouri Compromise.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.
Content Objective: I will be able to determine the short-term and long-term success of the Missouri Compromise.

Standard Objective: I will be able to draw reasonable inferences and logical conclusions from text.

Warm Up Questions:

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What is a compromise? Note: this was a vocabulary term last semester and should be review!

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

Building Knowledge Together: Guided Notes

Let's make sure we're all on the same page before moving forward!
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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?

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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: Group Read Together and Answer the Questions

Now it's your turn to read up on the Missouri Compromise and its historical significance.
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Read the map- what color are the free states?

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The blue states- enslaved states- where located mostly in the-

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What was the author's purpose of writing this article?

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What were the 2 parts of the Missouri Compromise?

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

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Based on the information in this paragraph, it can be reasonably inferred that

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The final paragraph develops a key concept of the article by

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Close Out: After completing the reading and guided notes, explain what the Missouri Compromise was in your OWN words in at least one complete sentence.