Question

The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?

Abolished slavery in the District of Columbia

Admitted Texas as a slave state to the Union

Extended the Missouri Compromise Line west to the Pacific Ocean

Established a strong Fugitive Slave Law

Answer 1

answer is D ESTABLISHED A STRONG FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW

In 1849 california requested permission to enter the union as a free state ,potentially upsetting the balance between the free and slave states in the U.S.Senate .senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on january 29 ,1850,in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North andSouth.As part of the compromise of 1850, The Fugitive slave Act was amended and the slave trade in wasington,D.C,was abolished

Extended the missouri   compromise line west to the pacific ocean in 1820