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What was one significant impact of the Compromise of 1850 on the United States?
It permanently resolved the issue of slavery in the United States.
It led to the immediate secession of Southern states from the Union.
It abolished slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico.
It temporarily eased tensions between free and slave states but failed to prevent future conflict.
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It temporarily eased tensions between free and slave states but failed to prevent future conflict.
Explanation: The Compromise admitted California as a free state, organized other territories with popular sovereignty, strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act, and ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C. These measures reduced sectional crisis for a time but increased Northern anger (especially over the Fugitive Slave Act) and did not resolve the underlying dispute over slavery — contributing to later conflicts and ultimately the Civil War.
Explanation: The Compromise admitted California as a free state, organized other territories with popular sovereignty, strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act, and ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C. These measures reduced sectional crisis for a time but increased Northern anger (especially over the Fugitive Slave Act) and did not resolve the underlying dispute over slavery — contributing to later conflicts and ultimately the Civil War.
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