•Using the provided link to the National Archives, read the following sections:
-The explanation at the top of the page.
-Clay's eight Resolutions.
-Sections 6 and 7 under the heading: "An Act to amend, and supplementary to, the Act entitled "An Act respecting Fugitives from Justice, and Persons escaping from the Service of their Masters," (Towards the Bottom).
-Both paragraphs under "An Act to suppress the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia."
Write out short answers (1-2 sentences) to these questions:
-What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850? Was it really a “compromise”? Why or why not?
-What were the two most controversial parts of the Compromise of 1850? What were their effects?