Compromise Of 1850 Flashcards
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Key point number one California
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Added as a free state balance and Senate switches to free states
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Compromise of 1850
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Plan introduced by Henry Clay to make statehood for California acceptable needs to be done quickly because of discovery of gold
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Key point number two New Mexico
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Was a territory that would be added Someday as a slave state
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Key point number three fugitive slave law
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Forced northern states to catch runaway slaves and send them back harsh penalties for northerners who helped runaways
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Kansas Nebraska act 1854
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Douglas wants to make the middle of USA states so a railroad can be built making access to the west easier Douglas will make lots of money to
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Pierces reaction
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Doesn’t want to do it but he is bullied into it
