Question

1. who do you think got the better deal in the compromise of 1850, the north or the south? why?

2. how did the compromise of 1850 amplify the threat of disunion?

Answer 1

The north got California and a temporarily tilt of the balance of free and slave states, but the south got the compromise of allowing popular sovereignty in there territories seeking statehood. This suggestion led to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which definitely favored the south.