Here is some information to help you learn more about the Compromise of 1850!
Buying and selling slaves was outlawed in Washington, D.C. The land from Mexico was broken up into two states, Utah and New Mexico. Settlers in those states could decide whether to have slaves or not. The Fugitive Slave Law was added to the south, which said that runaway slaves could not be caught by bounty hunters and returned to their masters. Bounty hunters recieved a bounty or reward. If someone did not help the bounty hunters, they would be punished.
Both sides did get what they wanted. California entered as a free state, or a Union state. The south got the Fugitive Slave Law. The slave trade in Washington was ended, as was the dispute with Texas and New Mexico.
New laws were passed, as you heard before, including the Fugitive Slave Law.
Henry Clay is responsible for ending or resolving the issue. he also ended the Missourri Compromise.
The compromise affected the war because California entered the Union as a free state.
By: Dana Daigler
