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The challenge the congress faced was <span>the Compromise of 1850, where the five bills were approved the territories taken after the Mexican War. It was broken up into smaller bills. Also, it had problems that both abolitionists and slave owners disagreed on.
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Connecting the past to the present helps you to know how people have made decisions about certain similar issues in the past, which can give you insight into how to solve the problem you're currently facing.