29 jan 1850 ano - Compromise of 1850

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Description: Introduced 5 new laws that were intended to lessen sectional tensions
Causes: Sectional tensions caused by the slave/non-slave state debate in the new territories.
Historical impact: California admitted to the Union as a free state, Fugitive Slave Law strengthened, allowed popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico to decide slave vs free, abolition of the slave trade in DC, and federal assumption of Texas’s debt.