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what were the 5pts.of the compromise of 1850?

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    California joined the Union as a free State.

    The New Mexico territories would be allowed to choose on their own if they would ban slavery or not.

    The Fugitive Slave Act required all U.S. citizens to aide in the return of runaway slaves.

    The slave trade was ended in the District of Columbia. Slavery would remain legal but transactions of slaves was banned.

    Texas was given $10 million dollars to pay off its external debt to Mexico. In return, Texas ceded portions of its western land to the territories.

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