SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Question
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Allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state
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Let California join the Union as a free state
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Gave the Southwest Territories Popular Sovereignty
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It helped to keep the peace and delay the start of the Civil War
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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: -Congress established Maine as the 23rd state under the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This arrangement allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state, with Missouri entering a year later as a slave state, thereby preserving the numerical balance between free and slave states in the nation.
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.