The Compromise of 1850 acted as a temporary truce on the issue of slavery, primarily addressing the status of newly acquired territory after the Mexican-American War.
Under the Compromise, California was admitted to the Union as a free state; the slave trade was outlawed in Washington, D.C., a strict new Fugitive Slave Act compelled citizens of free states to assist in capturing enslaved people; and the new territories of Utah and New Mexico would permit white residents to decide whether to allow slavery.
The Minoan civilization,a Bronze Age civilization, arose on the island
of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the
15th century BC.
<span>Which of the following statements about expansions of Russia is true? </span><span> Ivan the Terrible was the first absolute monarch of the independent state of Russia.
<span>travel time across the country took about six </span>months before the transcontinental railroad. that time was reduced to six days after its completion.
