Thursday, July 25, 2024

Question: What legislation established the boundaries of the Texas Panhandle?

Answer: The Compromise of 1850, a series of federal laws that temporarily eased tensions between the North and South prior to the Civil War. Texas ceded claims to parts of present-day New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma in exchange for the federal government’s assumption of the state’s $10 million debt accumulated prior to its admission into the Union.