The Compromise of 1850 consisted of the following four agreements that were intended to resolve the escalating tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery:
1. California would be admitted as a free state: This agreement allowed California, which had a non-slavery position, to join the Union as a free state.
2. The slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C.: This agreement prohibited the buying and selling of enslaved individuals in the nation's capital.
3. A tough fugitive slave law would be enacted: This agreement strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, giving more power to slaveholders to recover escaped slaves and requiring citizens to assist in their capture.
4. The territories of New Mexico and Utah would be organized without any reference to slavery: This agreement allowed the territories of New Mexico and Utah to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty, where the residents would vote on the matter.
What four agreements that worked for 10 years made up the Compromise of 1850?
A border dispute between Texas and the territory of New Mexico would be settled in favor of New Mexico, allowing Santa Fe to become part of that new state when organized.
The slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C.
The slave trade would be reinstated in Washington, D.C.
A tough fugitive slave law would be enacted.
Arizona would be admitted as a free state.
California would be admitted as a free state.
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