USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By September, Clay’s Compromise became law. California was admitted to the Union as the 16th free state . In exchange, the south was guaranteed that no federal restrictions on slavery would be placed on Utah or New Mexico. Texas lost its boundary claims in New Mexico, but the Congress compensated Texas with $10 million.

Detailed explanation-2: -It admitted California as a free state, left Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves whether to be a slave state or a free state, defined a new Texas-New Mexico boundary, and made it easier for slaveowners to recover runways under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the compromise, Texas surrendered its claims to present-day New Mexico and other states in return for federal assumption of Texas’s public debt. California was admitted as a free state, while the remaining portions of the Mexican Cession were organized into New Mexico Territory and Utah Territory.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion. In 1849 California requested permission to enter the Union as a free state, potentially upsetting the balance between the free and slave states in the U.S. Senate.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Compromise of 1850 had several parts. They included California being admitted as a free state and the borders of Texas being settled, with areas ceded by Texas becoming the recognized territories of New Mexico and Utah.