| Term | Definition |
| 1st provision of the Compromise of 1850 | California enters the Union as a free state to balance Texas which was slave, so that the number of Senators from the slave and free states will be equal. |
| 2nd provision of the Compromise of 1850 | The Mexican lands will be divided into two territories-New Mexico and Utah. Popular sovereignty will decide whether they will be slave or free. |
| 3rd provision of Compromise of 1850 | Land that was claimed by Texas and New Mexico would become part of New Mexico. Texas was given $10 million for this land. |
| 4th provision of the Compromise of 1850 | There would be the abolition of the slave trade in Washington D.C. **Remember that Washington D.C> is the center of the slave trade in the U.S. |
| 5th provision of the Compromise of 1850 | The Fugitive Slave Law would be enforced; in other words, runaway slaves would HAVE to be returned to their masters. |
| 1st provision of the Missouri Compromise | Maine was admitted as a free state. |
| 2nd provision of the Missouri Compromise | Missouri would be admitted as a slave state. |
| 3rd provision of the Missouri Compromise | Slavery would not be allowed in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36° 30° line. |