What was the purpose of the compromise of 1850

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Carla Richard

15 June, 18:15

What was the purpose of the compromise of 1850

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Jaidyn Whitney · Answer 1

Correct me if I'm wrong but it was because Mexico and the US were kind of fighting between land for Texas and other states?

Wiggins · Answer 2

the compromise of 1850 consisted of 5 bills that avoided a civil war between southern slave states and the northern free states. it stayed in place for 4 years until the Kansas-Nebraska act was placed into effect