The purpose of the Compromise of 1850, passed by the U.S. Congress, was to address the growing tensions between slave and free states. It did so by presenting five separate bills, three of its bills:
1)Allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.
2)Allowed new states to decide if they will be free or slave.
These new states consisted of the Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory.
4)Allowed forgiveness of Texas's debt in exchange for land.
The government took over Texas' public debt and retained the Texas Panhandle, in exchange of its surrender of its claim to New Mexico.
Answer:
The correct answers are 1, 2 and 4. Three of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 were:
-It allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.
-It allowed new states to decide if they will be free or slave.
-It allowed forgiveness of Texas' debt in exchange for land.
Explanation:
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five laws originated by a discussion of territory and slavery arising from the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). These five laws balanced the interests of the southern slave states with the interests of the free states. As a result of this Compromise, California has been approved as a Free State, and Texas has received funding to relinquish land east of the Rio Grande River, now belonging to New Mexico. The New Mexico Territory (including the current states of Arizona and Utah) was incorporated without a separate ban on slavery. The slave trade (rather than slavery itself) was abolished in Washington, DC, and a new fugitive slave act was passed, requiring all U.S. citizens to return fugitive slaves.
