Flashcard sets with a 'the compromise of 1850' term meaning 'this was signed by millard fillmore and deals with disputed territory, and the controversy of whether california should join the union as a free or slave state. the results were that california joined as a free state, and what was left of the mexican cession land became new mexico and utah, and did not restrict slavery. it benefited the north more than the south. it was a turning point for the north as it split the deadlock between slave states and free states tipping the scale to the free states. this was one of the final activities that lead to the civil war.'

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