Outcomes of the Compromise of 1850
North Gets South Gets
+California admitted as a free state +No slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico territories +Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C. +Slaveholding permitted in Washington D.C.
+Fugitive Slave Law
North Gets South Gets
+California admitted as a free state +No slavery restrictions in Utah or New Mexico territories +Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C. +Slaveholding permitted in Washington D.C.
+Fugitive Slave 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. Slavery was maintained in the nation's capital, but the slave trade was prohibited. Finally, and most controversially, a FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW was passed, requiring northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners under penalty of law.