USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

COMPROMISE OF 1850

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False?The Compromise of 1850 settled the border disagreement between Texas and New Mexico.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Compromise of 1850 had several parts. They included California being admitted as a free state and the borders of Texas being settled, with areas ceded by Texas becoming the recognized territories of New Mexico and Utah.

Detailed explanation-2: -The compromise set Texas’ modern-day border and ceded its western and northernmost territory to the U.S. in exchange for $10 million. Austin, TX, November 25, 2021-This Thanksgiving marks the 171st anniversary of the compromise that shaped the boundary between Texas and its neighbor, New Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -It admitted California as a free state, left Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves whether to be a slave state or a free state, defined a new Texas-New Mexico boundary, and made it easier for slaveowners to recover runways under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

Detailed explanation-4: -Under the compromise, Texas surrendered its claims to present-day New Mexico and other states in return for federal assumption of Texas’s public debt. California was admitted as a free state, while the remaining portions of the Mexican Cession were organized into New Mexico Territory and Utah Territory.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following except postponing a decision on the question of slavery in the California territory. California was admitted as a free state in the compromise. All other choices were part of the compromise.

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