Did it worsen or help the slavery issue?

Although the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas'Nesbraska Act, and the Missouri Compromise all strove to calm the bioling issue of slavery in the United States, all three had actually made things worse and drove the Union nearer to the Civil War. The Compromise of 1850 dealt with the issue whether or not California should join the Union (if it did, it would tip the political balance and destroy the equilibrium of free and slave states). The Compromise of 1850 benefitted the North more than the South, therefore setting off controversy that led the nation closer to the Civil War. The compromise stated that Califnornia joined as a free state, and what was left of the Mexican Cession were to become New Mexico and Utah, which was to be decided free or slave by popular sovereignthy. The South feared that once California entered as a free state, New Mexico and Utah would follow. It also stated that the slave trade was illegal in the District of Columbia (but slavery still legal), which was viewed as a threat to the South because it was a step towards total emancipation in the nation's capital. However, the most alarming issue was the new Fugitive Slave Law, which clearly outlined a strict policy for catching slaves and made it easier for the south to catch slaves. This inflamed the south as well as the north because this law was later to be loosely carried out. The Kansas-Nebraska Act also provoked rising tension between north and south, because it directly conflicted with the Missouri Compromise. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was strongly supported by Southerners but viciously opposed by Northerners, furthuring the divide over the issue of slavery.