THE COMPROMISE OF 1850

PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THE COMPROMISE

• California had enough people to be a state
• This would upset the balance between slave and free states
• Territory was gained in the Mexican-American War
• Already 15 free states and 15 slave states

THE COMPROMISE

• Henry Clay
• John C. Calhoun
• Daniel Webster
• January 29, 1850

NORTHERN BENEFITS OF COMPROMISE

• California was added as a free state
• Slave trade was prohibited in Washignton D.C.
• Texas lost boundary dispute with New Mexico

SOUTHERN BENEFITS OF COMPROMISE

• No slave restrictions in Utah or New Mexico territories
• Slave holding was permitted in Washington D.C.
• Texas received 10 million dollars
• The Fugitive Slave Law was passed
• This helped slave owners capture runaway slaves

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EFFECTS OF COMPROMISE

• Delayed the Civil War
• Helped keep the balance between North and South
• Compromise was mostly popular
• Kansas-Nebraska Act had to be passed in 1854
• Missouri Compromise had to be repealed