1850+G

Compromise of 1850. Causes: -series of bills aimed to solve slavery and territorial issues. -there were five laws which balanced the free and slave state ratio; one of which is Fugitive Slave Law. (Fugitive Slave Law required the return of all run away slaves) California was added as a free state. Texas got financial compensation. Texas claimed land up to Santa Fe, but they didn't get the land, but they got 10 million dollars. New Mexico got Santa Fe. Territory of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah organized without issue of slavery. States determined their status of being a slave state or free state by popular sovereignty.