Question

What was a purpose of the Compromise of 1850? It was used to admit California into the union. It settled on popular sovereignty in Kansas. It caused the Fugitive Slave Act to be struck down. It made the slave trade legal in Washington, DC

Answer 1

It consisted of laws admitting California as a free state, creating Utah and New Mexico territories with the question of slavery in each to be determined by popular sovereignty, settling a Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute in the former's favor, ending the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and making it easier for southerners to recover fugitive slaves.

Answer 2

The Compromise of 1850 was a group of five laws passed in 1850 dealing with the issue of slavery.

The correct answer would be: "It was used to admit California into the union". California entered the Union as a free state.

They made the slave trade in Washington D.C. illegal, and the Fugitive Slave act was amended.