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

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. the Compromise of 1850. This series of legislative measures was enacted to address the status of territories acquired after the Mexican War and included provisions related to the admission of California as a free state and the creation of territories in New Mexico and Utah with the question of slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty.