Analyze the mileage key of Map 5-3. How large, comparatively, was the Unorganized Territory relative to the size of the South? Why is this significant for the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
What will be an ideal response?
Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define the relative size of the Unorganized Territory, using the mileage key, as approximately 1000 square miles.
2. Define the relative size of the southern states, using the mileage key, as approximately the same size as the Unorganized Territory.
3. Define the specific terms of the Missouri Compromise: Maine is admitted as a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state; the southern border of Missouri becomes the boundary line for exclusion of slavery from the Unorganized Territory.
4. Comment on the significance of the Missouri Compromise in allowing Congress to exclude officially a large territory from the expansion of slavery.
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