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In what compromise did California become a free state and the Southwest territories would decide the slavery issue?
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The compromise of 1850
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Admitted California as a free state opened SW territories to slavery by popular sovereignty and abolished slave trading in Washington D.C.?
what was the Admitted California as a free state opened SW territories to slavery by popular sovereignty and abolished slave trading in Washington dc? compromise of 1850
Which territories were open to slavery under the Compromise of 1850?
New Mexico and Utah
What states did the Compromise of 1850 allow the people to decide whether or not they wanted slavery?
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to be admitted to the Union as a free state on September 9, 1850. The Utah Territory and the New Mexico Territory were formed by the Compromise of 1850 and these two territories could permit or prohibit slavery as a local option (popular sovereignty).
A battle over extending slavery finally results in two new states and an agreement on how to handle slavery in the territories?
Missouri Compromise
What battle over extending slavery finally results in two states and an agreement on how to handle slavery in the territories?
Not battle, but a debate. The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Admitted California as a free state opened SW territories to slavery by popular sovereignty and abolished slave trading in Washington?
Compromise of 1850
What stated that California was a free state and the southwest could decide if they wanted slavery before the civil war?
The Compromise of 1850. California was admitted as a free state, and the New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Arizona territories were all allowed to decide by popular sovereignty if they would be admitted as free or slave states. The compromise also included the Fugitive Slave Act.
How did Calhoun and Webster respond to clays compromise?
With the Compromise of 1850 Clay had specific proposals for achieving a compromise, including his idea for Texas' boundary. He also wanted to exclude slavery from the Southwest. Clahoun was on the opposite end as far as the slavery issue and felt any states and territories in the Southwest should be slave states. Webster came in and brought the two points together and helped form what would be the compromise based on the two positions.
Admitted California as a free state opened SW territories to slavery by popular sovereignty and abolished slave trading in Washington D.C.?
what was the Admitted California as a free state opened SW territories to slavery by popular sovereignty and abolished slave trading in Washington dc? compromise of 1850
Why did the northerners protest Douglas's plan to repeal The Missouri Compromise?
The northerners protests DouglasÕs plan to repeal the Missouri Compromise because it would have made slavery legal in the northern territories. The Missouri Compromise had outlawed slavery in territories and new states above the Missouri Compromise line.
Which territories were open to slavery under the Compromise of 1850?
New Mexico and Utah
What evidence is there on the map to show a past Compromise of 1850?
The compromise of 1850, territories were opened to slavery. Utah and new Mexico
Who drafted the compromise that established California as a free state and allowed the territories of Utah and New Mexico to decide the slavery issue popular sovereignty?
Henry Clay
How does The Missouri Compromise change the issue of slavery expansion in the US?
It prohibited slavery North of a certain parallel, but only in the territories brought in under the Louisiana Purchase. When the new Mexican territories came in, they needed a new compromise. That one did not hold.
Was there slavery in Utah and New Mexico after Compromise of 1850?
Slavery would have been permitted in these territories. (Don't know if it happened.)
What states did the Compromise of 1850 allow the people to decide whether or not they wanted slavery?
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to be admitted to the Union as a free state on September 9, 1850. The Utah Territory and the New Mexico Territory were formed by the Compromise of 1850 and these two territories could permit or prohibit slavery as a local option (popular sovereignty).
Was there slavery in the territories of the Mexican cession?
No - there was no slavery in the new territories - California or New Mexico or Utah. Texas was a slave state already.
