Compromise+of+1850


 * 1) Clay's Proposal
 * 2) Omnibus Bill
 * 3) California as a free state
 * 4) Rest of Mexican territory organized without prohibition on slavery
 * 5) Abolition of slave trade in D.C. but not slavery
 * 6) New federal Fugitive Slave Law to do away with personal liberty laws
 * 7) people end up hating the bill. there is nothing you can do with the land from Mexico. not good for southern farmersCal
 * 8) Calhoun's Proposal
 * 9) Slavery allowed in territories
 * 10) Amend Constitution to have two presidents, one from north one from south, each with a veto
 * 11) Existing fugitive slave law honored
 * 12) This did not work out. Calhoun didn't like Clay's proposal because it did not solve the issue permanently
 * 13) Clay's bill is defeated, Calhoun dies, Webster is now Secretary of State, Taylor is dead (wanted CA admitted as a free state)
 * 14) Millard Fillmore becomes president.
 * 15) New people working on the compromise:
 * 16) William Seward- No slavery in territories
 * 17) Jefferson Davis- Slaves for all
 * 18) Stephen Douglas- Popular Sovereignty
 * 19) Finally...
 * 20) Douglas breaks up the Omnibus bill and gets everything passed individually
 * 21) Issue of slavery has not been solved yet