1850 - The Compromise of 1850After the Mexican-American War, territorial and slavery controversies arose. The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws created to try to resolve these problems. There were a total of five laws that balanced the interests of the southern slave states and the free northern states. This compromise settled the boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico, admitted California as a free state, abolished the slave trade in Washington, D.C., organized the New Mexico Territory, and passed stricter law on Fugitive Slaves, which stipulated that all runaway slaves must be returned. to their owners. The Fugitive Slave Act was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 and only increased abolitionists' efforts to end slavery, as well as activities involving the Underground Railroad. This is related to the Kansas-Nebraska Act as well as Bleeding Kansas, as they were both attempts by Congress to avoid war....