Question

What are the components of the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 1

California would be admitted as a free state.The remainder of the Mexican cession would be divided into two separate territories, New Mexico and Utah, and these territories would decide by popular sovereignty whether to be slave-holding or free.Texas would cede its claim to parts of the New Mexico territory, and, in exchange, the government would cover Texas’s $10 million war debt. The slave trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, but slavery itself would continue.Congress would strengthen the Fugitive Slave Act by requiring citizens of any state, slave or free, to assist in the capture and return of runaway slaves.

Answer 2

 California was admitted a free state. The North had better transportation and the economy was rising from the transportation. The South like slavery. As a matter of fact, they loved it. They needed it for agriculture. The North wanted to abolish it and they eventually did after Robert E. Lee surrendered to President Abraham Lincoln ending the Civil War. I hope this helps you!