1. The Compromise of 1850

2. The Compromise of 1850
It was needed to settle disputes between free and slave states in regards to territory acquired by U.S.
Texas still has major debt issues
Texas tried to raise the money by selling some of its land but their were few buyers

3. How Texas Gets It’s Shape
Texas and the U.S. Government make a deal
This deal gives Texas it’s current shape
It is called the Compromise of 1850

4. The Compromise of 1850
Texas gives up claim to 67 million acres of land in (THE North) present day Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma
In return, U.S. government gives money to Texas to pay off debt

5. Public Lands Texas still had a lot of land after giving up the claims
It gave much of the land to settlers for farming
Settlers had to live on and improve the land
Texas also set aside land for public schools, colleges and universities
Additional land was set aside for harbors, roads, and railroads

6. 5 Points of The Compromise of 1850
California enters The United States as a Free State
Fugitive Slave Law
Northerners have to help return runaway slaves to the South
Washington DC has to stop Slave Trade
Popular Sovereignty for the New Mexico and Utah Territories
They get to vote if they want to remain free or slave states
Texas New Mexico Boundary Act
Texas gives (?) away land
Texas paid 10 million Dollars
Texas Western Boundary is settled

7. State of Texas Today