Chap 9 Sec 1

1819 - US has 22 states (11 free, 11 slaves)
1820 - The Great Compromise
Missouri - salve   Maine - free
North of the line in Louisiana Territory free

Main points of the Missouri Compromise:
1. Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state.
2. Maine would enter the Union as a free state.
3. The rest of the Louisiana Territory would be divided by a line.

North, South, and West were the three regions of the Union continued to debate sectional issues

The Compromise of 1850 state:
1. California would join the Union as a free state.
2. The slave trade would e banned in Washington D.C
3. Congress would pass the Fugitive Slave Law

Abolitionist was a person who wanted to end slavery.