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.
New Mexico is a state and no territory was gained from them.
John C. Calhoun.
The northerners protests DouglasÕs plan to repeal the Missouri Compromise because it would have made slavery legal in the northern territories. The Missouri Compromise had outlawed slavery in territories and new states above the Missouri Compromise line.
Henry clays plan
The Wilmot Proviso (1846) prohibited slavery on any land acquired from Mexico.
The solution was, to divide Clay's plan into a series of measures that Congress could vote on separately
Stephen Douglas proposed the idea of popular sovereignty, allowing residents of the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide through popular vote whether to allow slavery. This became known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, leading to increased tensions as pro- and anti-slavery supporters flooded the regions to influence the outcome.
Israel gained a number of territories in the Galilee Region, near to the Gaza Strip, West Jerusalem, and in Judean Highlands. This particular linked map, shows the territories gained by Israel in the war in pink and grey.
Lincolns plan was to abolish slavery!
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided a plan for governing western territories. In contrast, the land ordinance of 1785 defined how the western territories would be sold to settlers.
When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821, all the territories it possessed included Mexico, most of Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) as well as today's US States of California, Nevada, Utah, Texas and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Due to the extremely low population for such territorial extension (estimated at 12 million during 1824), Mexico relaxed its immigration policies, thus allowing American settlers to help populate the northern territories. The conditions to settle were simple: 1) to pledge allegiance to Mexico and 2) observe the Mexican Law and customs. In 1830, these laws incorporated the banning of slavery.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided a plan for governing western territories. In contrast, the land ordinance of 1785 defined how the western territories would be sold to settlers.