Compromise of 1850

This is Henry Clay proposing the Compromise of 1850 in
the Senate.

 The Compromised of 1850 helped to ease the tensions regarding slavery. The Compromise was a bundle of different bills. For example, the Compromise gave the North the following: California was a free state, Slave trade was not allowed in Washington D.C., and Texas boundary dispute with New Mexico was lost. On the other hand the South received: Utah and New Mexico territories with no slave restrictions, Slave holding was permitted in Washington D.C.,  Texas received $10 million dollars, and the Fugitive Slave Act was passed in their favor. Overall the North received the most from the Compromise of 1850. This Compromise contributed to the Civil War because it supported the dispute between the North and South.
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The Compromise of 1850 lifted the Missouri Compromise.