Compromise of 1850 (29 jan 1850 ano – 28 jun 1864 ano)
Descrição:
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