The Compromise of 1850

When the gold rush occured the Americans said the California should be admitted into the United States as a free state. This would mess up the balance between slave states and free state. Henry Clay proposed the idea that was then named the Compromise of 1850. He came up with 5 laws: 1. Congress would admit California into the Union
2. People in New Mexico and Utah territories would decide whether to allow slavery or not.
3. Congress would abolish the sale of enslaved people, in Washington D.C
4. Texas would give up claims to New Mexico for $10 million
5. A Fugitive slave act
This avoided the problem because slavery was still there it was not taken care of.