As part of the Compromise of 1850, __________ was admitted as a free state.Group of answer choicesOregonCaliforniaMaineNew Mexico

As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in __________.Group of answer choicesNew Mexicothe District of ColumbiaTexasMaryland

To balance Missouri’s admission as a slave state, __________ was admitted as a free state.Group of answer choicesCaliforniaKansasMaineNew Mexico

Which were part of the Compromise of 1850? (pick 3)A.California would become a free stateB.the sale of slaves would end in Washington D. C. , but not the ownership or practice of slaveryC.The Fugitive Slave Act was passedD.the South left the United States and the Civil War started

Reaching an agreement on the admission of California as a state ultimately required which of the following?Select one:political compromise to retain the balance in Congresshighlight_offacquisition of territory to continue Manifest Destinyhighlight_offmoral legislation to limit the spread of slaveryhighlight_offcompetition between political parties to seize national controlhighlight_offExcerpt from The Constitution and the Union, Part 1 by Daniel Webster, 1847May, 1846, the United States declared war against Mexico. Her armies, then on the frontiers, entered the provinces of that republic, met and defeated all her troops, penetrated her mountain passes, and occupied her capital. The marine force of the United States took possession of her forts and her towns on the Atlantic and on the Pacific. In less than two years a treaty was negotiated, by which Mexico ceded to the United States a vast territory, extending seven or eight hundred miles along the shores of the Pacific, and reaching back over the mountains, and across the desert, until it joined the frontier of the state of Texas. . . .Under this state of things, the inhabitants of San Francisco and California-then amounting to a great number of people-in the summer of last year, thought it to be their duty, to establish a local government. Under the proclamation of General Riley, the people chose delegates to a convention. That convention met at Monterey. They formed a constitution for the state of California, and it was adopted by the people of California in their primary assemblages. Desirous of immediate connection with the United States, its senators were appointed and representatives chosen, who have come hither, bringing with them the authentic constitution of the state of California; and they now present themselves, asking in behalf of their state, that the state may be admitted into this Union as one of the United States. This constitution, sir, contains an express prohibition against slavery, or involuntary servitude, in the state of California. It is said, and I suppose truly, that of the members who composed that convention, some sixteen were natives, and had been residents of, the slaveholding states, and about twenty-two were from the nonslaveholding states, and the remaining ten members were either native Californians, or old settlers in that country. This prohibition against slavery, it is said was inserted with entire unanimity.

What was the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850?Group of answer choicesThe Fugitive Slave LawThe Women's clauseThe Ranchero addendumThe Land and Missions Law