The correct option is A. The compromise allowed California to join the United States as a free state but would allow slavery in southwestern territories.
A series of laws known as the Compromise of 1850 was adopted by the US Congress to maintain peace between the free and slave states. The social and geographic borders of slavery in America were jointly set by its five acts.
A strict new Fugitive Slave Act required citizens of free states to assist in apprehending runaway slaves, and the new territories of Utah and New Mexico would allow white residents to make their own decisions. California was also admitted to the Union as a free state under the terms of the Compromise, and the slave trade was outlawed in Washington, D.C.
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