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The Compromise of 1850 set up the territories of New Mexico and what other state?
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Was the Missouri compromise a permanent solution to the burning of slavery in the territories?
no it just made missori a slave state and Maine a non slave state
Was there slavery in the territories of the Mexican cession?
No - there was no slavery in the new territories - California or New Mexico or Utah. Texas was a slave state already.
What would the Wilmot Proviso do if it had passed?
..banned slavery in all the new territories acquired from Mexico.
What plan determined which state would join the union as free states or slaves?
There were several attempts to resolve this question, as the Western territories were coming up for statehood. The Missouri Compromise related to the territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase. After the Mexican war, they had to replace this with a new compromise to accommodate the new territories acquired from Mexico. When this proved unpopular, they tried organising a local vote on the issue. That just led to violence. After Lincoln was elected, and the Southern states started to break away, a last-minute compromise was presented to him, but he rejected it because it could have allowed new slave-states. The war was on.
How did the Mexican American war affect the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to be entered as a slave state. It also made it possible to create a clear line as to how the North and South states could be divided. The admittance of the state of California was the point at which the Missouri Compromise could not longer be utilized for this purpose.
What was the plan to ban slavery in territories gained from New Mexico?
In the Compromise of 1850, the Mexican Cession territory (excluding California) was to become New Mexico and Utah. Their slave situations were to be determined using popular sovereignty, or the power of the votes of the people to decide if it would be a slave state or not. In addition, the Compromise of 1850 also gave the disputed territory between Texas, a slave state, and New Mexico to New Mexico. This invalidated the previous compromise, the Missouri Compromise, which banned slavery in North of 36 in newly gained territory.
Is New Mexico a compromise state?
no
In what compromise did California become a free state and the Southwest territories would decide the slavery issue?
The compromise of 1850
Who drafted the compromise that established California as a free state and allowed the territories of Utah and New Mexico to decide the slavery issue popular sovereignty?
Henry Clay
What major issue was settled by the compromise os 1877?
It admitted California to the Union as a free state, and from the remaining land acquired in the Mexican War (1846-48), it established Utah and New Mexico as territories with an open status of slavery, a measure that overruled the Missouri Compromise.
What was the plan to ban slavery in territories gained from Mexico?
New Mexico is a state and no territory was gained from them.
Missouri compermise of 1820?
There were two Missouri compromises. The one in 1820 determined the slave/free status of new states within the territory acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase. The second one, the Compromise of 1850 did the same thing for the territories acquired from Mexico after the Mexican war.
What states did the Compromise of 1850 allow the people to decide whether or not they wanted slavery?
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to be admitted to the Union as a free state on September 9, 1850. The Utah Territory and the New Mexico Territory were formed by the Compromise of 1850 and these two territories could permit or prohibit slavery as a local option (popular sovereignty).
What was the divinding line Missouri compromise?
The parallel that lined-up with Missouri's Southern border (36,30). This was the clear 'line in the sand' that kept the peace for thirty years. But it only applied to the territories acquired under the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. When Ameriica acquired vast new territories from Mexico, a new compromise had to be worked out. This one did not last.
Was the Missouri compromise a permanent solution to the burning of slavery in the territories?
no it just made missori a slave state and Maine a non slave state
What stated that California was a free state and the southwest could decide if they wanted slavery before the civil war?
The Compromise of 1850. California was admitted as a free state, and the New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Arizona territories were all allowed to decide by popular sovereignty if they would be admitted as free or slave states. The compromise also included the Fugitive Slave Act.
Was there slavery in the territories of the Mexican cession?
No - there was no slavery in the new territories - California or New Mexico or Utah. Texas was a slave state already.
