Compromise of 1850 (jan 29, 1850 – jun 28, 1864)
Description:
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
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 29, 1850
jun 28, 1864
~ 14 years