22 h 54 m, 1 ene 1850 año - Compromise of 1850

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America’s victory in the Mexican-American War added a lot of land to the divisive nation. Questions of how to incorporate the new land into the Union increased the sectional conflicts ripping America apart. Northerners wanted the new lands to be slave free. Southerners, not wanting to weaken their representation in Congress, adamantly pushed back Northern efforts to outlaw slavery in the new land. The question of how new land would be handling the question of slavery and resulting in the congressional power re-balance shaping the Compromise of 1850.

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