USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -After months of debate, the Missouri Compromise saved the day: Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, and a new state-Maine-would be created as a free state. To avoid future problems, they also mapped out which parts of the rest of America’s territory could become slave and free states.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the head were the three titans of Congress: Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun. All had been born during the American Revolution, and had carried the torch of the Founding Fathers.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.