- Agreement to the admission of California as a free state
- Acceptance of the Wilmot Proviso, which prohibited slavery in any territories acquired from Mexico north of the 36°30' parallel
- Support for the Fugitive Slave Act, which strengthened the federal government's ability to recapture and return escaped slaves to their owners
In return, the North agreed to the following concessions:
- Acceptance of the admission of Texas as a slave state
- Establishment of the New Mexico Territory and Utah Territory, without specifying whether they would be free or slave states
- Dropping the Wilmot Proviso from any future territorial acquisitions
The Compromise of 1850 was a temporary agreement that helped to ease tensions between the North and South, but it ultimately failed to resolve the issue of slavery and its expansion into new territories, contributing to the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861.