in the compromise of 1850, congress determined that slavery in the new mexico and utah territories was

It allowed New Mexico and Utah to decide for themselves wether they wanted to be a free or slave state.

“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).