MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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Question
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California was admitted to the Union as a free state
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Utah was admitted to the Union as a slave state
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a new Fugitive Slave Act was passed
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Texas agreed to give up claims to most western territories
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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: -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-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.