The compromise of 1850 Flashcards
1848 new president elected
Zachary Taylor
A general in the America-Mexican war
Taylor lacked political skills
Proposed California and New Mexico entered the union as free states
After 6 months compromise passed
Taylor would have vetoed it
Compromise was made up of
5 bills that attempted to resolve the issue of slavery in the new territories added to the US
California was
Admitted as a free state
Reflected the choice of the inhabitants
Utah and New Mexico
Would be organised as federal territories where slavery was not banned
Voted in state whether to be slave or free
Passage of a new national fugitive slave law
Slaves be returned to their owners even if they had escaped to a free state
Allowed northern people to aid slave capturers
Meant free blacks were at risk
No one truly compromised
People only voted for what they wanted and against other things
