MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE WILMOT PROVISO
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Question
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No slave restrictions in New Mexico or Utah.
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Slavery allowed in Washington, DC.
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Texas gets $10 million.
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Fugitive Slave Law
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They don’t have to pay taxes
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The acts called for the admission of California as a “free state, ” provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.
Detailed explanation-4: -Those Southerners who valued slavery more than their country; however, tended to be upset about the compromise because it held out the possibility that slavery’s expansion wasn’t guaranteed in the future.