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1 Compromise of 1850

2 Mexican Cession: Slave or Free?

3 Options for Mexican Cession
Continue line of Missouri Compromise No slavery in any part of the territory (Wilmot Proviso) Popular Sovereignty Allow voters in territory to decide whether they wanted to ban or allow slavery David Wilmot proposed this during the Mexican American War

4 Compromise of 1850 California enter union as free state
Utah and New Mexico territories would have popular sovereignty Congress passed Fugitive Slave Act

5 Fugitive Slave Act Forced all citizens to help in the recovery of any runaway slave Federal crime to help runaway slaves Officials could arrest runaways in areas where slavery was illegal If commissioners rejected a slaveholder’s claim they got $5 for services. They got $10 if they returned a suspected fugitive to the slaveholder in the South

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