THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820
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It created new taxes for railroad construction.
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It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
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It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
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It added California as a slave state
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Detailed explanation-1: -Passed on September 18, 1850 by Congress, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state . The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Slavery was maintained in the nation’s capital, but the slave trade was prohibited.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.