Question 11 • Survey of U.S. History - SS3313 IC
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state, passed a stronger Fugitive Slave Act, and banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C. New Mexico was organized as a territory, not admitted as a slave state. Texas gave up land claims in exchange for federal debt relief, rather than doubling in size.
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