Nov. 7th, 2017
HISTORY 1301 ONLINE
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 consisted of several bills that were passed by the United Stated of America Congress in the year of 1850 around the month of September. The compromise of 1850 consisted of laws that made California a free state. The North States and the South States wanted to find a compromise to have the balance and the Free states and the slaves. The Compromise of 1850 was induced by all the new territory that was obtained during the Mexican American war. The Compromise of 1850 created Utah and New Mexico territories with the doubts of slavery, settling a Texas and New Mexico frontier debate in the former’s benefit.
The compromise ended the slave trade that was