Southern states opposed the Compromise of 1850 because:

A.

California was admitted as a free state which gave the North control of Congress

B.

It allowed popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in the western territories

C.

It created a high tariff on foreign goods

D.

It closed western territories to the spread of slavery

1 answer

C. It created a high tariff on foreign goods
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