Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by Henry Clay.
California was one of the states that the Compromise was concerned with, some of the others being Texas, Utah, and New Mexico,
People thought it was hypocritical because they fought for freedom and equal rights but they had slaves.
<span>In a free market economy, prices and wages rise from natural forces. Laissez-faire capitalism is when the government separates itself from the economy, much like the government (in the US at least) currently distances itself from the church through separation of church and state.</span>
Answer:
"Residents of a territory should be allowed to decide whether or not to permit slavery" is the correct option.
Explanation:
Popular sovereignty was called Squatter Sovereignty in New England. It was a controversial political doctrine that allowed the federal territories to decide themselves if they want to enter the Union as Free state or Slave states. It was first used in 1850 while organizing Utah and New Mexico. Its first major implication was seen with the passage of Stephen A. Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, it repealed the prohibition of slavery north of the 36 Degree 30 minutes.
