Why was there a Need for Another Compromise?

• 1849...California wanted in as a free state

• Why would this be a problem?

Compromise of 1850

• With the help of Henry Clay...

  • California became a free state

  • Citizens in New Mexico and Utah Territory would get popular sovereignty on slave issue

  • Stricter Fugitive Slave law

  • Slave trade abolished in D.C.

​Would this please abolitionists? Would it please slave holders?

Consequences of Compromise of 1850

• Northern anti-slavery Representatives have the most votes in both houses of Congress

Would Congress end slavery now that the northerners controlled both parts of Congress?

If they did not, why?

Consequences of Compromise of 1850

• South got stronger fugitive slave laws, but.......

  • They were poorly enforced.