Answer:
It admitted California as a free state, left Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves whether to be a slave state or a free state, defined a new Texas-New Mexico boundary, and made it easier for slaveowners to recover runways under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Question
Why do you have identical answer choices? Kind of pointless.
Answer:
Could not over-ride a federal law
Explanation:
The Federal government has more power that the State-governments.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.
1. what major issue did taylor have to deal with when he entered office?
2. where did taylor stand with respect to the extension of slavery in the west?
MILLIARD FILLMORE.
1. did the compromise of 1850 satisfy both sides?
2. fillmore was the last president from which political party?
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
1. what tragedy at the beginning of pierce’s administration, cast a long shadow over his presidency?
2. the passage of what act doomed pierce’s presidency and brought about significant chaos?
JAMES BUCHANAN.
1. what position did buchanan take with regard to the dred scott decision?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
1. what bold, unprecedented, moves did lincoln make to grow the power of president in an effort to save the union?
2. what was lincoln’s more profound accomplishment in the office?
False! A scapegoat is someone that basically takes the fall or blame for someone else's wrongdoings! (; good luck, and I hope you pass!
The imperialists needed workers to work on the land that was colonized. The locals were not an option because they were often either insubordinate, or they were protected by the law. That's why having slaves to work in those colonies was great, which is why they got them from Africa.