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

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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. It did not make California a slave state or have any agreements about not adding additional states for ten years. Utah and New Mexico were not designated as slave states under this compromise.

The Compromise of 1850 Allowed for the Admission of California