Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 23: More on how the Compromise of 1850 was terrible
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The major provisions of the Compromise of 1850 included a resolution of issues involving the territories seized from Mexico in the war of 1846-48 (la Guerra de los Estados Unidos contra México). Three of the five major provisions of the compromise involved admitting California to the Union as a free state, setting the boundaries of Texas to exclude what became New Mexico, and organizing/establishing the territories of Utah and New Mexico, with the question of slavery to be left to “popular sovereignty” in those territories.
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 23: More on how the Compromise of 1850 was terrible
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 23…
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 23: More on how the Compromise of 1850 was terrible
The major provisions of the Compromise of 1850 included a resolution of issues involving the territories seized from Mexico in the war of 1846-48 (la Guerra de los Estados Unidos contra México). Three of the five major provisions of the compromise involved admitting California to the Union as a free state, setting the boundaries of Texas to exclude what became New Mexico, and organizing/establishing the territories of Utah and New Mexico, with the question of slavery to be left to “popular sovereignty” in those territories.