Why was the Compromise of 1850 proposed and why was it necessary? Who proposed it ?

It was proposed to keep peace between the North and South. It was necessary for the passage of The Fugitive Slave Act and the admission of California into the Union. Henry Clay proposed this compromise.

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What was the Compromise of 1850 supposed to address?

It was supposed to address the issue of slavery between The North and The South, and what will happen when territories want to become states.

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What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850? How did the compromise attempt to resolve conflicts over the expansion of slavery.

The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850. The Fugitive Slave Act was stricter, slave trade in Washington, D.C. was abolished, California entered the Union as a free state,  popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico, and Texas received 10 million dollars from the government to pay for their debt, but had to give all their land south-east of the Rio Grande to Mexico. The North had to return run-away slaves to The South and California is a free state.

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What was Popular Sovereignty and how was it used to define the terms of The Compromise of 1850?

Popular Sovereignty is where people who lived in a region determined the nature of their government and whether or not they wanted slaves or not. It was one of the five acts letting New Mexico and Utah territories decide.

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What was the Fugitive Slave Act and what were the implications of the act for both Northerners and Southerners? Why were the Southerners so pleased with the act? Why were Northern Abolitionists so angered by the act?

It's a law that made all runaway slaves return to their owner. Slave owners in the and their "agents" had the right to search for escaped slaves within the Northern borders and it was financially a good option for them.  Northerners were mad because their states were turning into a stalking ground for bounty hunters, and many argued that this act was like legalized kidnapping.

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How long did it last and why did it ultimately fail?

It lasted until the Kansas-Nebraska Act got put into place in 1854 (it lasted about 4 years). It left the overall issue of slavery unsettled. Southerners were getting mad because The North ignored the Fugitive Slave act and still helped slaves get freedom. 

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