Question #631b6

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Dec 22, 2017

The Compromise of 1850

Explanation:

B. The Dred Scott decision ruled that slaves remained slaves even if they lived in a free state. The Compromise of 1850 made returning the slaves a legal obligation, blocking or even not assisting the arrest and return of escaped slaves became a crime.

C. The Kansas Nebraska Act was based on the compromise of 1850 that first made popular sovereignty legal. The Kansas Nebraska act specifically applied the compromise of 1850 to these two territories when they applied for statehood.

D. Wilmot Provision was an addition to the Compromise that would have made slavery illegal in the newly acquired territories of New Mexico and Arizona

A. The correct answer is A. The compromise of 1850 allowed California to be admitted as a free state, which gave the free states a majority in the Senate. in return the fugitive slave act was strengthened. The Compromise of 1820 which allowed Missouri to be admitted as a Slave State but outlawed slavery north of the Mason Dixon line. The Compromise of 1850 overruled the Compromise of 1820 or Missouri compromise. This allowed territories to vote on being slave or free. (popular sovereignty.)