I. California became a free state.
II. The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into two parts; Utah (UT) and New Mexico (NM).
* people in UT and NM used popular sovereignty to decide on the slavery issue
III. The slave trade ended in Washington, D.C.
IV. The Fugitive Slave Law was passed.
• All Americans, by law, were required to help catch runaway slaves.
• You could be fined and/or imprisoned for helping a runaway slave.
• This law infuriated northerners!
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