Compromise+of+1850

Compromise of 1850 During 1850, shortly after the Mexican-American war, slave territories and free territories were unclear. The compromise consisted of 5 laws that proposed that California be a free state, Texas not claim the land near it, to end boundary disputes with New Mexico, slavery trade was prohibited in Washington D.C. and finally the Fugitive Act was strengthened. The laws stated that slavery had to be decided by popular sovereignty in the admission of new states. . With the Compromise of 1850, Congress had addressed the immediate crisis created by territorial expansion. But one aspect of the compromise—a strengthened fugitive slave act—soon began to tear at sectional peace. Compromise of 1850 =
 * **North Gets ** ||  **South Gets **  ||
 * California admitted as a free state || No slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico territories  ||
 * Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C. || Slaveholding permitted in Washington D.C.  ||
 * Texas loses boundary dispute with New Mexico || Texas gets $10 million  ||
 * || Fugitive Slave Law ||



Thesis statement: The Compromise of 1850 drove the country further apart leading to violence and disputes because the Compromise showed sectionalism by putting the wants and needs of an area (a state as opposed to the nation) first. Work cited;

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