What were the key components of the Compromise of 1850?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:



  • California entered the Union as a free state.


  • New Mexico and Utah decided the status of slavery on the basis of a popular vote.


  • The federal government abolished the slave trade in Washington, D.C.


  • A new and stronger Fugitive Slave Law was put in place.

History

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During the 1840s, party conflict in Congress centered on __________.

a. national economic policy b. foreign policy c. individual liberties d. overseas expansion

History

The prosperity of Athens was based on the labor of __________

A) helots B) hoplites C) women D) slaves

History

In the mid-nineteenth century, communism

A) was equivalent to socialism. B) differed from socialism as to the means by which a just society would be achieved. C) was a major and immediate threat to capitalism. D) based itself on early Christianity as described in the Acts of the Apostles. E) was labeled as a religious movement to gain supporters.

History

What was the appeal of rock music in the 1950s, and what accounts for its popularity?

What will be an ideal response?

History