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Why could the Compromise of 1850 be considered unsuccessful?

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"The 1850 Compromise, which Senator Douglas stripped down and effectively helped pass, failed for a number of reasons, the greatest of which was that it was unable to please both anti-slave and pro-slave groups."

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