The Compromise of 1850 was a set of laws passed by the United States Congress to address the heated issue of slavery and its expansion into new territories. The compromise consisted of multiple provisions, including the admission of California as a free state, the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act, the abolition of the slave trade in Washington D.C., and the organization of the territories of New Mexico and Utah without any mention of slavery. While it temporarily eased tensions between the North and the South, it ultimately failed to resolve the deep-rooted conflict over slavery and was eventually overshadowed by the events leading to the American Civil War.
