The provisions of the Compromise of 1850

A) left unresolved the status of territories in the Mexican cession.
B) allowed for lax enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
C) established one of the largest slave markets in the nation's capital.
D) upset the balance between free and slave states in the Union.


Answer: D

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In gratitude for his putting down disturbances and protests against the church in the 10 century, Otto I of Saxony was proclaimed ‘__________' by Pope John XII.

a. Defender of the Faith. b. Emperor of the Romans. c. Holders of the Keys of St. Peter. d. King of the Germans.

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