To Preserve the Union: Causes and Effects of the Missouri Compromise

by KaaVonia Hinton

Overview

Expand slavery or limit it? By 1818, the United States was deeply divided about what to do in Missouri, a territory that wanted to be a state. At issue was whether slavery would be legal in the new state. But how did the fight start? And how would the fate of Missouri change the United States?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496664679
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	Cause and Effect
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	26 MB
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Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

KaaVonia Hinton is the author of several books for children and the co-author (with Gail K. Dickinson) of Integrating Multicultural Literature in Libraries and Classrooms in Secondary Schools (Linworth Publishing, 2007) and (with Kathy T. Bucher) Young Adult Literature: Exploration, Evaluation and Appreciation (Prentice Hall, 2009).

Table of Contents

A Growing Problem 4

What Caused the Missouri Compromise? 6

Trying to Agree 12

What Effects Did the Missouri Compromise Have? 24

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Critical Thinking Using the Common Core 32

Index 32