What challenge did congress face in 1850? whether to acquire new western territories whether to sell territory from the mexican cession whether to allow slavery in new territories whether to allow new territories to become states

To sum it down Congress' challenge was whether to allow slavery in new territories, it was so because the southern states had helped drastically in the Mexican-American war and from which they believed they would receive a reward for, Congress ended up splitting have of the new territories into slave states and non slave states.

saint clair’s defeat, (november 4, 1791), one of the worst defeats ever suffered by u.s. forces in indian warfare, precipitated by british-indian confrontation with settlers and militia in the northwest territory following the american revolution. despite specific provisions in the treaty of 1783 for the evacuation of its forts on the northwestern border, britain had failed to yield these lucrative fur-trading posts. in hopes of reclaiming lost hunting grounds with british support, a northwest indian confederation was gradually molded between 1785 and 1787, consisting mainly of shawnee, delaware, ottawa, iroquois, ojibwa, miami, and potawatomi. kentucky frontiersmen reacted to this threat by initiating raiding parties on native villages as early as 1788, and indian warfare flared up the following year.