Name of

bill/law/Supreme
Court case
Year
bill/law/case
was debated
about or voted
on
What bill/law/case did What did the North
get out of
bill/law/case
What did South get
out of bill/law/case
Effect on
regional tension
between North
and South
(increased?
Decreased?
Northwest !rdinance "#$# %ade slaver& illegal in the
Northwest territor&
'elped organi(e the
Northwest )erritor&
*ugitive slaves had to be
returned to their owners
Slaver& made illegal
in Northwest
)erritor&
*ugitive slaves had
to be returned to
their owners
+ncreased
%issouri
Compromise
"$,- %issouri entered the
countr& as a slave state
%aine entered the countr&
as a free state
.anned slaver& north of
the /01/-1 latitude line
%aine entered the
countr& as a free
state
%issouri entered the
countr& as a slave
state
+ncreased
Wilmot 2roviso "$30 +nvolved the battle over
what to do with the lands
won in the %e4ican5
6merican War
2roposed that slaver& be
banned in the territories
won in the %e4ican5
6merican War
*ailed
Nothing 7 the
proposal failed
because there was
nothing in it for the
South
Nothing 7 the
proposal failed
because there was
nothing in it for the
South
+ncreased
Compromise of "$8- "$8- "9 California admitted as a
free state
,9 Slaver& continues in
Washington: DC: but
abolition of the slave trade
/9 6 tougher fugitive slave
law where runawa& slaves
have to be returned to their
owners
39 2opular sovereignt& in
New %e4ico ; <tah 5
meaning voters there get
to decide whether or not to
have slaver&
89 =arger New %e4ico
(smaller )e4as> national
government pa&s )e4as
debt
California admitted
as a free state
6bolition of the slave
trade in Washington:
DC
Slaver& continues in
Washington: DC
)ougher fugitive
slave law
+ncreased
?ansas5Nebras@a
6ct
"$83 6llowed voters in ?ansas
and Nebras@a to have
popular sovereignt& 7 in
effect: the& had the right to
vote as to whether or not
the& wanted to have
slaver& in their territor&
Nothing 7
Northerners were
angr& because
Nebras@a and
?ansas were above
the /01/-1 line
2opular sovereignt&
in New %e4ico and
<tah
+ncreased
Dred Scott decision "$8# Stated that slaves were
propert& and have no
constitutional rights
Stated that the %issouri
Compromise was
unconstitutional 7 slaver&
could not be banned
an&where
Nothing Ever&thing +ncreased