What Was a Key Provision of the Compromise of 1850

question 115

Multiple Choice

What was a key provision of the Compromise of 1850?

• A) California would enter the Union as a slave state.
• B) Slavery would be abolished in Washington, D.C.
• C) The Oregon Territory would be created.
• D) The Fugitive Slave Act gave runaway slaves more protection and guaranteed them a lawyer in court.
• E) Besides California, other territory acquired from the Mexican-American War would use popular sovereignty to decide about slavery.

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