Compromise of 1850: Table of Contents

Introduction
The Text
Summary
Section 1: Clay's Resolutions
Section 2: An Act proposing to the State of Texas the Establishment of her Northern and Western Boundaries […] and to establish a territorial Government for New Mexico
Section 3: An Act for the admission of the State of California into the Union
Section 4: An Act to establish a Territorial Government for Utah
Section 5: An Act to amend, and supplementary to, the Act entitled "An Act respecting Fugitives from Justice, and Persons escaping from the Service of their Masters"
Section 6: An Act to suppress the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia.
Main Idea
Historical Context
Timeline
Key Figures
Henry Clay
Stephen A. Douglas
Daniel Webster
Millard Fillmore
John C. Calhoun
Themes
Quotes
Slavery
Slavery Quotes
Wealth
Wealth Quotes
Power
Power Quotes
States' Rights
States' Rights Quotes
Rules and Order
Rules and Order Quotes
Compare and Contrast
The Louisiana Purchase
The Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
The Dred Scott Case