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Why did Americans believe that the compromise of 1850 resolved divisions over enslavement

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the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. However, The Compromise of 1850 overturned the Missouri Compromise and left the overall issue of slavery unsettled.

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