In an attempt to ward off secession, the Compromise of 1850 was drafted containing three main points. What were they?

A,Texas was allowed into America as a slave state.

B.Land was exchanged for the money Texas owed the Union.

C.California would become a free state rather than slave.

D.The District of Columbia would retain the trading of slaves.

E.States joining the Union could decide to be slave or free.

F.Escaped slaves no longer had to be returned to their owners.

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The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five laws, passed by Congress, that pertained to slavery and territories that had fallen into American hands during the Mexican-American War.

The purpose of the Compromise was to maintain a balance between the interests of the southern, slave-state, and "free" states from the north. The key points of the laws were:

-California was admitted to the Union as a free state.

-The slave trade in the District of Columbia was banned.

-The territories of New Mexico and Utah were organized following the principle of Popular Sovereignty, whereby residents would determine the status of slavery in their territory through elections.

-The Fugitive Slave Act prohibited any support for slaves who had escaped to the free north.

-Texas was forced to give up land in the west and received $ 10 million in compensation.

Stephen Douglas, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster were the main proponents of the Compromise that met with fierce opposition from the southern states.

The laws were signed by President Millard Fillmore between 9 and 20 September 1850.