The Missouri Compromise took place in 1820 and consisted of Missouri applying to become a slave state, which threatened to upset the balance between slave states and free states. This resulted in Missouri becoming a slave state and Maine becoming a free state.
In 1849 California asked permission to become a free state, which had the possibility to upset the balance between free and slave states in the senate, so Henry Clay introduced what would become known as the compromise of 1850, which allowed California to become a free state and lifted all slavery restrictions on the Utah and New Mexico territories> Texas lost a boundary dispute with the New Mexico territory and was paid 10 million dollars. Slave trade in washington D.C. was forbidden,
In 1849 California asked permission to become a free state, which had the possibility to upset the balance between free and slave states in the senate, so Henry Clay introduced what would become known as the compromise of 1850, which allowed California to become a free state and lifted all slavery restrictions on the Utah and New Mexico territories> Texas lost a boundary dispute with the New Mexico territory and was paid 10 million dollars. Slave trade in washington D.C. was forbidden,