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The deal was to allow California to join the union as free soil, in exchange for Congress agreeing to toughen-up the Fugitive Slave Act, with official slave-catchers hunting down runaways. This aroused the growing Abolitionist lobby, and led to the publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.

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What about slavery below south of the line in Missouri compromise?

South ofthat line, slavery was allowed. But it only applied to the territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. When the USA acquired vast new lands from Mexico in 1847, a new compromise had to be worked out, in view of the Wilmot Proviso, which declared that no slavery should be allowed in any of these new territories.


How did the Compromise of 1850 affect land gained through the US-Mexican?

The Compromise of 1850 addressed the status of territories acquired from Mexico after the U.S.-Mexican War, particularly California, New Mexico, and Utah. It allowed California to enter the Union as a free state while organizing New Mexico and Utah as territories where the decision on slavery would be determined by popular sovereignty. This compromise aimed to balance the interests of slave and free states, but ultimately intensified sectional tensions over slavery and contributed to the conflicts leading up to the Civil War.


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 controversy was reignited by the war with Mexico?

Slavery in gained territories.


How did the Missouri Compromise make North and South disagree?

North and South disagreed anyway about extending slavery into the West. The Missouri Compromise (1820)drew a line in the sand - anywhere North of that line, slavery would be illegal. It kept the peace for thirty years.

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Which territories were open to slavery under the Compromise of 1850?

New Mexico and Utah


Was there slavery in Utah and New Mexico after Compromise of 1850?

Slavery would have been permitted in these territories. (Don't know if it happened.)


Organized as territories under the compromise of 1850 with their decision on slavery left up to popular sovereignty?

Utah and New Mexico


Organized as territories under the compromise of 1850 with their decision about slavery left up to popular sovereignty?

Utah and New Mexico


The two territories that were organized under the compromise of 1850 with the choice of slavery left open to popular sovereignty?

Utah and New Mexico


How was the issue of slavery decided in the territory ceded by mexico-?

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.


What did the Missouri Compromise say about the states below the 36 degree parallel?

Slavery would be legal there. But this did not apply to the new territories that were later acquired from Mexico.


What about slavery below south of the line in Missouri compromise?

South ofthat line, slavery was allowed. But it only applied to the territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. When the USA acquired vast new lands from Mexico in 1847, a new compromise had to be worked out, in view of the Wilmot Proviso, which declared that no slavery should be allowed in any of these new territories.


What evidence is there on the map to show a past Compromise of 1850?

The compromise of 1850, territories were opened to slavery. Utah and new Mexico


Speaking of the compromise of 1850 where was slavery prohibited?

The Compromise of 1850 included several measures regarding slavery, specifically prohibiting slavery in the newly acquired territories of California and New Mexico. California was admitted as a free state, while the status of slavery in New Mexico and Utah was to be determined by popular sovereignty. Additionally, the compromise strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act, which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners. Overall, the compromise aimed to balance the interests of slave and free states amidst rising tensions over slavery.


Who was the people that the compromise of 1850 allowed people to decide whether they wanted slavery?

The Compromise of 1850 did not allow any choice in the matter. It reflected the increasing difficulty of creating new slave-states. It was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 that allowed the people of those two territories to vote on the slavery question. The only time it was tried (in Kansas), it led to terrible bloodshed, and was not tried again. The result was that Kansas rejected slavery.


The compromise of 1850 allowed people in what to decide whether they wanted slavery?

The Compromise of 1850 allowed the territories of New Mexico and Utah to decide whether they wanted slavery through the principle of popular sovereignty. This meant that the settlers in those territories would vote on whether to permit slavery, rather than having Congress make that decision for them. The compromise aimed to ease tensions between free and slave states following the Mexican-American War.