20/40 vision means that the test subject sees at 20 feet what a normal person sees at 40 feet. Another way of saying this is that a person with 20/40 vision has vision that is only half as good as normal-or, objects must be at half the normal distance for him to see them.
Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. The term of the compromise 1850 was a group of five bills, passed September 1850, which defuse a four year confrontion between slave states of the south & free states of the north.nswered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. The term of the compromise 1850 was a group of five bills, passed September 1850, which defuse a four year confrontion between slave states of the south & free states of the north.
January 29, 1850 - The Compromise of 1850 was introduced by Senator Henry Clay in a series of resolutions. February 5 and 6, 1850 - Senator Henry Clay defended his compromise proposals in a speech.March 4, 1850 - Senator John Calhoun's speech against the Compromise of 1850 was delivered.s part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C ., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah.