The Compromise of 1850
The issue of slavery in the territory ceded by Mexico was decided by the Compromise of 1850, which allowed residents to determine whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. This meant that the territories of New Mexico and California could decide on the slavery issue for themselves when applying for statehood.
Answer this question… Slavery would be permanently allowed in the South.
At the Constitutional Convention the question of slavery discussed at length. In the end, however, it was decided that the practice would continue.
Because it allowed California to enter the Union as free soil.
The Civil War decided the question of states' rights. It decided the question of secession. It eliminated slavery once and for all time in the US, and it stimulated the second and larger Western Movement.
The Compromise of 1850 abolished slavery in the state of Washington DC. It also allowed California to become part of the union as a slave free state.
No, thanks to the Compromise of 1850, California entered the Union as a free state.
The affected states were Texas and California. Texas gave up claims in the New Mexico Territory, and California (undivided) was admitted as the 31st state, and one where slavery was not allowed.
they allowed slavery because it was cheap
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The affected states were Texas and California. Texas gave up claims in the New Mexico Territory, and California (undivided) was admitted as the 31st state, and one where slavery was not allowed.