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California is admitted to the Union as the 31st state (see History of California and An Act for the Admission of the State of California). Utah Territory is established. New Mexico Territory is organized by order of the U.S. Congress. September 18 – The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is passed by the U.S. Congress.
The 1850s (pronounced "eighteen-fifties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1850, and ended on December 31, 1859. It was a very turbulent decade, as wars such as the Crimean War , shifted and shook European politics, as well as the expansion of colonization towards the Far East , which also sparked conflicts like ...
March 4, 1825 – Adams becomes the sixth president; Calhoun becomes the seventh vice president; 1825 – Erie Canal is finally completed 1826 – Former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day, which happens to be on the fiftieth anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of independence.
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
It continued throughout the late 1850s, which culminated in one of the more well-known debates over slavery, the Lincoln-Douglas debates. In hindsight, the Compromise merely postponed the American Civil War for a decade, contrary to the expectations of many at the time, who felt the issue of slavery had finally been settled.
1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1850th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 850th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1850, the ...
Issues of slavery in the new territories acquired in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) were temporarily resolved by the Compromise of 1850. One provision, the Fugitive Slave Law , sparked intense controversy, as revealed in the enormous interest in the plight of the escaped slave in Uncle Tom's Cabin , an 1852 anti-slavery novel and play.
The 1850 United States elections occurred part way through Whig President Millard Fillmore's term, during the Second Party System. Fillmore (1800-1874, served 1850-1853), had become 13th president on July 9, 1850, upon the death of his 12th brief predecessor, former U.S. Army General Zachary Taylor (1784-1850, served 1849-1850).