Describe the key terms of the Compromise of 1850 and trace the process

Describe the key terms of the Compromise of 1850 and trace the process by which it was enacted.

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Terms: Fugitive Slave Law, California as a free state, Texas-New Mexico boundary settlement, slave trade banned in the District of Columbia, no restrictions against slavery in the cession territory.
Process: Clay’s Omnibus Bill failed; Douglas presented each proposal separately, each was debated; changing majorities passed the five proposals.