Texas History for Kids

Episode 87 - Compromise of 1850

Michelle Gallegos Season 1 Episode 87

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In the mid-1800s, the United States was growing fast. After winning the Mexican-American War in 1848, the U.S. gained a huge amount of land—territories that would later become California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. But this victory brought a big problem: Would slavery be allowed in the new territories?

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