feb 24, 1850 - Compromise of 1850

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The Compromise of 1850 led to various actions and policy
- Fugitive Slave Act was amended
- the slave trade in D.C was abolished
- California entered the Union as free state
- territorial government was created in Utah
- an act was passed settling a boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico that also established a territorial government in New Mexico.

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