Problem
Use the YouTube videos "What Was the Missouri Compromise? | History" and "What Was the Missouri Compromise? | History" to answer these questions:
I. What did northerners argue in the debate over slavery? What was the southern position? What was meant in this situation by "popular sovereignty?"
II. One key contention in the debate, was that Missouri's entrance into the Union as a slave state would throw off the balance of power in Congress. What did the two sides agree to in the compromise? Provision 1: Provision 2:
III. What impact did the Missouri Compromise have on the institution of slavery (if any)? What did the narrator mean when he said that the Compromise "...in some ways staved (avert or delay something bad or dangerous) off the Civil War?"