The Fugitive Slave Act - with innocent citizens facing heavy fines for simply not reporting someone who looked as though they might be a runaway slave.
The war with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.
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.
The Fugitive Slave Act. It was so unpopular in the North that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as a direct protest against it.
Kansas–Nebraska Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
the most controversial part of the 1850 compromise was California becoming a free state.
Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30' N parallel except within the boundaries of the proposed state, was part of the law passed on March 6, 1820 admitting Missouri as the 24th state in the Union.
A provision creating Utah and New Mexico
Yes.
A provision creating Utah and New Mexico
The war with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.
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.
The Fugitive Slave act was part of the Compromise of 1850. The compromise of 1850 said any new states would be free states as long as they passed the fugitive slave act. This act made Northerners turn in runaway slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850