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Under the Compromise of 1850, which territories were able to choose by popular sovereignty whether or not to allow slavery?

A.
New Mexico, Utah, and California
B.
Oregon and Washington
C.
Kansas and Nebraska
D.
New Mexico and Utah

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D. New Mexico and Utah

Under the Compromise of 1850, both the New Mexico and Utah Territories were allowed to decide for themselves, through popular sovereignty, whether to allow slavery.

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