After the Mexican War, the United States gained a large portion of new land. In an attempt to decide whether these new territories would be slave states or free states, Congress passed

Question

A.
the Compromise of 1850.
B.
the Missouri Compromise.
C.
the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
D.
the Northwest Ordinance.

Answer 1

A. the Compromise of 1850.

The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws aimed at settling the issues surrounding the territories acquired from the Mexican War and determining whether they would be free or slave states. It included provisions such as the admission of California as a free state and the creation of the territories of New Mexico and Utah with the question of slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty.