The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Compromise of 1850">Compromise of 1850</a> transfers a third of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas">Texas</a>'s claimed territory to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10<span id="mwlA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>million of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas">Texas</a>'s pre-annexation debt.