Compromise of 1850 (29 Jan 1850 Jahr – 28 Jun 1864 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

Cause:
1. request of territory of California to be admitted to the union with a constitution prohibiting slavery
2. Unresolved question of slavery's extension to areas won in Mexican-American War

Effect:
1. Admitted California as free state
2. left Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves if to be a slave or free state
3. New Texas-New Mexico boundary
4. Easier for slave owners to recover runaways under Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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