MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE WILMOT PROVISO
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Question
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Fugitive Slave Act
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Territories would decide for themselves if slavery was to be allowed.
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Fugitive Slave Law allows gov’t officials to arrest anyone accused of being a slave.
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Required Northerners to help in capturing escaped slaves.
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Compromise of 1850 temporarily resolved the issue of slavery in the District. In an effort to avoid sectional warfare, the compromise admitted California into the Union as a free state and banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C. In exchange, a strengthened Fugitive Slave Law went into effect.