The most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the
a. measure's endorsement of popular sovereignty
b. admittance of Missouri as a slave state and the establishment of the 36ยบ30' line
c. passage of a tougher national fugitive slave act
d. admittance of Texas as a slave state
e. legislation permitted the surveying of a southern transcontinental railway line
Ans: c. passage of a tougher national fugitive slave act
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