The Compromise of 1850 allowed for the admission of California
A) with the agreement that there would be no additional states added for ten years.
B) as a free state, along with Utah and New Mexico as slave states.
C) as a slave state.
D) along with an agreement to construct a transcontinental railroad.
E) along with a strengthened fugitive slave law.

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The Compromise of 1850 allowed for the admission of California as a free state and included a strengthened Fugitive Slave Law as part of the measures to appease Southern states.

The Compromise of 1850 Allowed for the Admission of California