America History of 1850

The history 1850s have a critical situation for united state of america that need to be learned by youth generations knowing well american's history not just about political history but also economic history , america immigration history and inventions history.

• 3 June. At the Nashville Convention, delegates from nine Southern states gather and agree to defend the rights of slaveholders and to adopt what they consider a moderate position by extending the 36' 30" dividing line of the Missouri Compromise, actions rendered moot by the Compromise of 1850 and, later, by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
• 18 September. Fugitive Slave Act provides for the return of slaves brought to free states.(Text of this document; interview with historian Eric Foner about its effects.)
• Vice President Millard Fillmore becomes president after Zachary Taylor dies on 9 July 1850.
• Compromise of 1850 admits California as a free state; New Mexico and Utah territories are organized with no restrictions on slavery until they apply for statehood. Under the principle of "popular sovereignty," voters in those territories will decide for themselves whether slavery is permitted. Other laws "prohibited the public sale of slaves in the District of Columbia; included the new Fugitive Slave Act; and federalized Texas's pre-annexation debt in exchange for Texas's relinquishment of its substantial territorial claims upon New Mexico Territory."
• National Women's Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts.
• U. S. population: 23,191,876