The Compromise of 1850

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_negotiations
gptkbp:consists_of Fugitive Slave Act strengthened
California admitted as a free state
Slave trade abolished in Washington, D. C.
Texas boundary settled
New Mexico and Utah territories organized with popular sovereignty
gptkbp:enacted_by 1850
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Compromise of 1850
gptkbp:includes_provisions_for the admission of California
the status of slavery in New Mexico and Utah
gptkbp:influenced future compromises over slavery
gptkbp:is_aimed_at ease tensions between slave and free states
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:Northern_Democrats
gptkb:Southern_Democrats
Fugitive Slave Act provisions
gptkbp:is_debated_in gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:is_designed_to prevent civil war
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Free_Soil_Party
abolitionists
gptkbp:led_to increased sectional conflict
gptkbp:negotiated_by gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkbp:passes_through gptkb:U._S._Congress
gptkbp:proposed_by gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:ratified_by gptkb:the_House_of_Representatives
the Senate
gptkbp:repealed_by gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
gptkbp:resulted_in increased tensions over slavery
gptkbp:signed_by President Millard Fillmore
gptkbp:was_affecting the Democratic Party's platform
the abolitionist movement
the rise of the Republican Party
the balance of power in Congress
the future of the Union
the political landscape of the 1850s
the future of civil rights in America
the Whig Party's decline
the dynamics of American politics
the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act
the future of slavery in the United States
the legacy of slavery in the United States
the legal framework for slavery
the legal status of escaped slaves
the political debates of the 1850s
the public opinion on slavery
the public perception of the federal government
the relationship between North and South
the status of territories acquired from Mexico
gptkbp:was_part_of the sectional crisis
the events leading to the American Civil War
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
moderate politicians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Calhoun_Jr.
gptkb:John_Caldwell_Calhoun
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5