MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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public debt
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taxes
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annexation
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -By September, Clay’s Compromise became law. California was admitted to the Union as the 16th free state. In exchange, the south was guaranteed that no federal restrictions on slavery would be placed on Utah or New Mexico. Texas lost its boundary claims in New Mexico, but the Congress compensated Texas with $10 million.
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.