Compromise of 1850
Tuesday November 13 2012
Compromise of 1850
- In September of 1850, a package of five bills was passed
- Each side disliked specific parts of the Compromise such as..
- Texas surrendered New Mexico and all of it's land North of the 3630 line
- California became a free state but did not get split into two states
Henry Clay
Senator of Kentucky en.wikipedia.org
Run away slave
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Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Calhoun
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Fugitive SLave Act
- Most controversial bill of the Compromise of 1850
- A comprimise between the slaved South states and the free North states