AP U.S. History / Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877
5.4 The Compromise of 1850
Notes
California entered as a free state; popular sovereignty for Utah and New Mexico; the slave trade (not slavery) ended in DC; a stronger Fugitive Slave Act.
Practice
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as:
Upset the balance.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:
Angered abolitionists.
Popular sovereignty meant:
Local choice.
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