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Welcome
to U.S. history!
 | 1849 "49ers" rushed to California to dig for gold and
other riches. |
 | 1849 California asked for admission to the Union as a free state. |
 | 1850 Congress debated sectional issues and enacted the Compromise
of 1850. |
 | * As a concession on another issue the existence of slavery in the
District of Columbia Henry Clay suggested to prohibit the buying and selling of
slaves in the nations capital. Finally he called for more vigorous enforcement of the
Fugitive Slave Law. |
 | 1850 About 370,000 immigrants arrived in 1850 in the United States. |
 | *Causes,** leading causes, ***immediate leading causes for a Civil War. |
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