USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the formation of the Republican Party. In 1850, sectional passions were inflamed when California applied to enter the union as a state that prohibited slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -As 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -By 1850 sectional disagreements related to slavery were straining the bonds of union between the North and South. These tensions became especially critical when Congress began to consider whether western lands acquired after the Mexican-American War would permit slavery.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following increased sectional tensions in the 1850s? Answer: ✔ popular sovereignty.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the 1840s and 1850s, the most consistent source of tension on the issue stemmed from northerners refusing to comply with fugitive slave laws. As early as the 1780s, Pennsylvania passed laws that made it illegal to take a Black person from the state for the purpose of enslaving them.