How did the Compromise of 1850 attempt to solve the issue of slavery in the West? Why did the Compromise of 1850 cause increased tensions between the North and the South?
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The compromise also included a more stringent Fugitive Slave Law and banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C. The issue of slavery in the territories would be re-opened by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, but many historians argue that the Compromise of 1850 played a major role in postponing the American Civil War.
The Compromise of 1850 was created because of the failed Wilmot Proviso. The terms of the Compromise resulted in increased tensions between North and South. Terms of the Compromise included; California begin admitted as a free states. This increased tensions because the South viewed this as the start of slavery ending.
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