Compromise of 1850
Determine what to do with newly acquired territory
Only newly acquired state to reach high pop. is CA
Gold rush
John C. Calhoun reaffirms the right of slaveholders to take their property wherever they want
Slaves are slaves, wherever slaveowners take them.
States that the Wilmot Proviso will create sectional tension
Polk dies, Taylor is president
Taylor urges popular sovereignty for slavery
Urges CA to decide for slavery before congress can
California adopts free constitution
Taylor reccomends admitting CA
Upsets South
Destroys free/slave balance
Clay Resolutions
Promises to solve problem with Slavery
1. Admit CA as free state
2. Organize remainder of Mexican Territory w/o restriction to slavery
Territory is operative word. If they become states, they must vote on slavery
New Mexico is poor growing land
3. Adjust the New Mexico/Texas boundary
4. Dismiss Texas debt, Texas agrees to agree on Mexico border
5. Slavery is allowed in DC but not slave trade
6. More effective fugitive slave laws
7. No Congressional interference with interstate slave trade
Results of Clay Resolutions
1. CA is a free state
2. TX + NM act passed
Compensated TX w/ 10 Million dollars
When NM is state, popular sovereignty
3. Utah Act
Popular sov.
4. Fugitive Slave Act
5. Abolishes slave trade in DC
Compromise was too little to stop sectional tension
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