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it abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia, admitted California as a free state and opened much of the Mexican Cession to popular sovereignty
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∙ 10y agoOn January 29, 1850, the 70-year-old Clay presented a compromise. For eight months members of Congress, led by Clay, Daniel Webster, Senator from Massachusetts, and John C. Calhoun, senator from South Carolina, debated the compromise. With the help of Stephen Douglas, a young Democrat from Illinois, a series of bills that would make up the compromise were ushered through Congress.
According to the compromise, Texas would relinquish the land in dispute but, in compensation, be given 10 million dollars -- money it would use to pay off its debt to Mexico. Also, the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery. (The decision would be made by the territories' inhabitants later, when they applied for statehood.) Regarding Washington, the slave trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery would still be permitted. Finally, California would be admitted as a free state. To pacify slave-state politicians, who would have objected to the imbalance created by adding another free state, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
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In 1850 southerners were most upset by?
the compromise of 1850
Who created the compromise of 1850?
The Compromise of 1850 included five separate bills that passed Congress to defuse tension between the slaves states of the South and the free states of the North. Henry Clay devised the Compromise and passed it with the help of Stephen Douglas.
What did the compromise of 1850 provide as a free state?
California
Who put together the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
When was the compromise of 1850 passed?
The Compromise of 1850 was passed on September 9th, 1850.
What year was it during the Compromise of 1850?
The Compromise of 1850 took place in 1850.
What did Henry Clay have to do with the compromise of 1850?
he made it The Compromise of 1850
What was the compromise of 1950?
There is not a Compromise of 1950 but there is a Compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery.
What is the correct chronological order of these eventsCompromise of 1850, Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise,Emancipation Proclamation?
Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation Proclamation
Which act violated the Missouri compromise?
the kansas nebraska act, of the compromise of 1850
What compromise lead to the civil war?
the Missouri compromise, the 3/5 compromise, and the compromise of 1850 no it was thethe Missouri compromise, the 3/5 compromise, and the compromise of 1850
How can you make a sentence with compromise of 1850?
I haven't studied the Compromise of 1850, yet.
The series of Henry clay's proposals that was adopted by congress was called?
compromise of 1850 nyicca BAM
Who created the compromise if 1820 and 1850?
Henry Clay was the one who drafted the compromise of 1850 and the Missouri compromise of 1820.
How did the political parties react to the compromise of 1850?
Both parties were satisfied with the Compromise of 1850.
In 1850 southerners were most upset by?
the compromise of 1850
