USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

COMPROMISE OF 1850

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
A
California is admitted to the Union as a free state
B
New Mexico and Utah territories were organized using popular sovereignty
C
both the slave trade and slavery were abolished in Washington DC
D
a stricter fugitive slave law is enacted
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following is not true about the Compromise of 1850? It admitted California as a free state.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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