Question

What were three of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 1

The answers are as followed:

1) California enters the Union as a free state.

2) The New Mexico and Utah territories get to use the concept of popular sovereignty to determine whether or not slavery will exist in these territories. Popular sovereignty is based on the idea of "majority rule," meaning citizens will vote and the side with the most votes wins.

3) New Fugitive Slave Law- This forces Northerners to return runaway slaves to slave owners in the South.

4) Slave trade is outlawed in Washington DC.