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There are 20 free states and 15 slave states in 1850.
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The chief goal of the Compromise of 1850 was to preserve the balance between slave states and free states.
By 1840 there were 26 states making up the United States. That number had expanded to 31 states by 1850.
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin were free states in 1850. California became a free state at the end of 1850 as well.
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The term of the compromise 1850 was a group of five bills, passed September 1850, which defuse a four year confrontion between slave states of the south & free states of the north.
The term of the compromise 1850 was a group of five bills, passed September 1850, which defuse a four year confrontion between slave states of the south & free states of the north.
In 1821, Missouri joined the United States as the 24th state. In 1850, California was admitted as the 31st state. These admissions were part of broader territorial expansions and had significant implications for the balance between free and slave states in the Union.
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