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California to be admitted to the USA as free soil - in exchange for certain concessions to the South, most controversially the Fugitive Slave Act, where official slave-catchers were employed to hunt down runaways. This inflamed the growing Abolitionist lobby, and brought war closer.
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Which act violated the Missouri compromise?
the kansas nebraska act, of the compromise of 1850
Henry clay's compromise became known as what?
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
How would you have solved the unresolved issues of the Compromise of 1850?
Allowed California to be admitted to the Union as two states - North California and South California, divided along the line of the Missouri Compromise.
When was the great compromise of 1850?
As its name suggests, it was in 1850! This was when California was coming up for admission to the USA. It was too big to fit the terms of the Missouri Compromise. That's why they needed a new deal.
What didn't help save the Compromise of 1850?
President Taylor's death
