1. Compromise of 1850

2. Compromise of 1850
Based on Henry Clay’s Proposal
New York’s William Seward, argued that the morality of God’s “higher law” against slavery was more important than popular sovereignty.

3. Compromise of 1850
Radical southerners organized boycotts against northern goods, and a few even promoted separation from the Union.

4. Compromise of 1850
Political discussions get violent
Senators using violence over the debate of whether California would be admitted as a free or slave state
One senator pulled out a gun

5. Compromise of 1850
In the end, senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois took charge and got the Compromise of 1850 passed in Congress.
California was admitted as a free state, and the policy of popular sovereignty was applied to the territory acquired from Mexico.

6. Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.
Compromise of 1850
Texas relinquished, gave up, its claims on New Mexico in return for $10 million from the federal government to pay its debts
Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C.

7. Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act added stricter amendments to the earlier Fugitive Slave Act, including the requirement that private citizens assisting in catching runaway slaves.
Citizens who assisted a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned.