jan 15, 1850 - The Compromise of 1850 -Comparison-

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Missouri compromise was created to keep a balance for the free and slave sates, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The Compromise of 1850 was a plan for the new territories after the American-Mexican war. It strengthened the Fugitive slave At, it let California in as a free state, divided Utah and New Mexico while letting the territories use Popular Soverinity to decide over the slavery issue.

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