What mainly caused the Compromise of 1850?

Divisions over slavery in territory gained in the Mexican-American (1846-48). War were resolved in the Compromise of 1850. read more

Both free and slave state members of Congress in 1850 did not want war and were eager to compromise and come to an agreement. However, the future laws like the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and legal decisions like the Dred Scott Decision in 1857 along with John Brown’s raid in Kansas with his trial and execution, and allowing both slave owners and abolitionists in Kansas divided the country leading towards Civil War. read more

The cause of the Compromise of 1850 was the issue of slavery. The results include admission of California as a free state, the end of slavery in Washington, D.C, creation of New Mexico and Utah territories and the ability of southerners to reclaim their slaves. read more