Which of the following provisions was not part of Henry Clay's "Omnibus Bill"?
A) the abolition of slavery in states west of the Mississippi.
B) the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
C) a new fugitive slave law.
D) the admission of California as a free state.
E) the federal assumption of the Texas debt.

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Henry Clay's "Omnibus Bill," also known as the Compromise of 1850, did not include the abolition of slavery in states west of the Mississippi. The provisions included the admission of California as a free state, the abolition of the slave trade (but not slavery itself) in the District of Columbia, the establishment of a more stringent fugitive slave law, and the federal assumption of Texas debt, among other measures.

Which of the Following Provisions Was Not Part of Henry