Compromise+of+1850-2

After the Mexican-American war, slave territories were non-transperent. The Compromise of 1850 was a package of 5 bills, passed in September 1850 to decide which states were free states and which are slave states.
 * __Compromise of 1850__**
 * 1) California was admitted to the Union as a free state.
 * 2) The New Mexico and Utah territories were to decide the question issue by relying on “popular sovereignty”, allowing actual settles to vote on the issue.
 * 3) Texas lost the New Mexico territory, but received $10 million from the federal government for its loss.
 * 4) The slave trade in the District of Columbia was abolished.
 * 5) A new Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

Effects of the Compromise of 1850 were The Fugitive salve act which forced the U.S. citizens to bring runaway slaves back to their owners, which increased the Underground Railroad activity as fleeing slaves made their way to Canada. There was no more slave trade in Washington D.C, and California resulting as a free state. Compromise of 1850 did not cause nationalism because tension was created between the states due to violent riots and fights over which states were slave states and free states. This caused them to be distant towards eachother, not to come together.


 * Thesis**: Compromise of 1850 was supposed to settle disputes about slavery but actually increased tension between the states, causing sectionalism due to having no authority figure strong enough to settle unclear territories, leading to the Civil War.

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