It stated that (for the North) California was to be admitted as a free stare, which also set off the “balance” of slave-to-non-slave sates, slave trade was to be prohibited in Washington D.C., and that Texas would lose the boundary dispute with New Mexico. In other words, the south got no slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico territories, slaveholding permitted in Washington D.C., Texas would get 10 million dollars, and the Fugitive Slave Law (authorized local governments to capture and return escaped slaves to their owners and had imposed penalties on anyone who aided in the slave’s flight) would be passed. The Fugitive Slave Law caused the most controversy, however. Though both the North and South benefited from the Compromise of 1850, the Compromise seemed to favor the North. This infuriated the …show more content…
Franklin Pierce, a Democrat, took office. Another event that took place in 1852 was the publishing of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is a 19th century novel about anti-slavery. It is said that this novel “helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War”, claims Will Kaufman. The production of this novel also further strained the sectional tensions. Two years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by President Fillmore. This act was much more isolating, splitting the Democratic Party according to sectional interests and increasing the Republican Party. Other than that, it was basically the same as the Compromise of 1850. The struggle between the North and South fighting over Kansas led to people soon flooding into Kansas to fight about slavery, which leads to the “Crime against Kansas”, also known as one of the most famous political historical events. (Senator Charles Sumner talks smack about Preston Brooks relative, and Brooks beats him with a