The most outrageous component of the Compromise of 1850 was the __________
A) admission of California as a free state
B) opening of New Mexico and Utah territories to slavery under popular sovereignty
C) reduction of Texas to its present boundaries
D) enactment of the new Fugitive Slave Law
E) prohibition of slavery in the District of Columbia
Answer: D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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a. Haiti b. the Dominican Republic c. Nicaragua d. the port of Veracruz e. all of the above