MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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California was admitted as a free state
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Much of what had been New Mexico was added to Texas
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Half of the new territories would be admitted as slave states
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Mexico gave up land on the southern borders of Arizona and New Mexico
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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: -In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850. California became the 31st state on September 9, 1850.
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: -On September 9, 1850, California was admitted as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise was actually a series of bills passed mainly to address issues related to slavery.