The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?
a. Admitted Texas to the Union as a slave state.
b. Admitted California to the Union under the principles of popular sovereignty.
c. Prohibited slavery in the District of Columbia.
d. Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law.
e. Adjusted the Texas-Mexico boundary.
Ans: d. Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law.
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