USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

COMPROMISE OF 1850

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
California was admitted to the Union as a free state, the New Mexico and Utah territories were organized using popular sovereignty, the slave trade was abolished in Washington DC, and a new and more effective fugitive slave law was enacted under with compromise?
A
Missouri Compromise
B
Compromise of 1850
C
Crittenden Compromise
D
Compromise of 1877
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850.

Detailed explanation-2: -Compromise of 1850: Acts An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -The acts called for the admission of California as a “free state, ” provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.

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