Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
100
September
What month in 1850 did the Compromise became a law?
100
made it a federal crime to help runaway slaves
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
200
California
What state entered the union as a free state?
200
slave holders and their agents
Who can take the suspected fugitive slaves before U.S. commissioners?
300
the rest of the Mexican Cession
What was divided into two territories?
300
arrest runaway slaves
What can officials from areas where slavery is illegal do because of the Fugitive Slave Act?
400
Utah and New Mexico
What were the two territories that the Mexican Cession was divided into?
500
popular sovereignty
In the new territories, who will decide the status of slavery?
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