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The Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine, and Simon Bolivar
1. Identify Simon Bolivar and explain why President Monroe believed that the independence of the Latin American nations was far from secure (p. 229--“Revolutions”) 2. Identify the Monroe Doctrine and explain how it reflected growing U.S. power (pp. 229-230). 3. Identify the Missouri Compromise (1820) and explain how it served as a "temporary fix" to the slavery issue (Please refer to Section 3, pp. 238-239).

Questions
1.) Why did Monroe believe that the Latin American nations were insecure? 2.) Where did Simon Bolivar fight and for what cause?

3.) Why was the Missouri Compromise necessary?

4.) How did the United States see itself in the Western Hemisphere according to the Monroe Doctrine ?

5.) What did the Missouri Compromise leave American citizens worried about?

6.) How did the Missouri Compromise maintain balance in the Senate ?

Answers
1.) He believed the Latin American communities were insecure because he knew that other European powers hoped to seize control of the new unstable republics and because he had heard reports that France was ready to supply troops to help Spain retake its former colonies.

2.) He fought in revolutions in Latin America to win independence for his own <span class="wiki_link_ext">Venezuela.

3.) The nation was equally divided between <span class="wiki_link_ext">slave states and free states . <span class="wiki_link_ext">Missouri's admission as a slave state would tip the balance in the Senate in the favor of the South.

4.) The Untied States saw itself as a powerful <span class="wiki_link_ext">country with the capacity to prevent another country from settling into America.

5.) American citizens were worried that slavery would return.

6.) The Missouri Compromise let Missouri be a slave state, but kept <span class="wiki_link_ext">Maine a free state.