The Compromise of 1850 was a series of legislative measures aimed at easing tensions between slave and free states. Key components included the admission of California as a free state, the establishment of territorial governments in New Mexico and Utah with popular sovereignty to decide on slavery, the abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and the introduction of a stricter Fugitive Slave Law. This compromise was intended to maintain the balance of power in Congress and delay the onset of the Civil War.
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