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1. Fillmore supported the Compromise of 1850 in an attempt to delay the Civil War and end slavery through political means rather than war, which would have prolonged slavery. 2. The Compromise temporarily postponed secession for over a decade and strengthened the political power of free states, though it included the controversial Fugitive Slave Act. 3. Fillmore is criticized for this Act but rejecting the Compromise could have admitted more slave states, continued slavery in D.C., and led to an earlier

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