THE COMPROSISE OF 1850

The compromise of 1850 was important because it addressed issues that the Missouri Compromise did not.

THE SOUTH -

• Gained no slavery restrictions in Utah of New Mexico Territories
• Slaveholding was permitted in Washington D.C.
• Texas gets $10 million
• The fugitive slave law was made

THE NORTH -

• California was admitted as a free state
• Slave trade was prohibited in Washington D.C
• Texas loses boundary dispute with New Mexico

LONG TERM EFFECTS -

• Civil War