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| By 1848, the west border moved again to the Pacific Ocean after three new territories were acquired. These new territories were ___, the Mexican Cession, ___. |
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| The first part of the Mexican Cess. that asked to be a state was _____. |
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| More American Settlers came here first because of good farm land and because of the ___ in the year of ____. |
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| But would this new state be a slave state or a free state? To answer this question, the Compromise of ___ was written by the congress. |
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| According to the Compromise, ____ entered the U.S. as a ____ state, the ___ abolished in Washington D.C., a ___ ___ ___ was passed, and the New Mexico and Utah Territories were left to decide for themselves whether to be a slave state or a free state. |
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| California; free; slavery; Stricter fugitive slave law |
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| Letting voters of a place decide their own rules is called ___ ___. |
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| Now the U.S. included 31 states: ___ Northern free states and ___ Southern slave states. |
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| By the year ___, two other regions were ready to become states. These regions were ___ and ___. These regions were part of the ___ ___. |
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| 1854; Kansas; Nebraska; Louisiana Territory |
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| According to the 1820 ___ Compromise, these regions were supposed to be free when they became states. |
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| By 1861, the U.S. included 35 states: ___ Northern free states, 5 Northern border slave states, and ___ Southern slave states. |
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