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CLEP US History I

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The Compromise of 1850 included all of the following EXCEPT:
  1. The admission of California as a free state
  2. The creation of a stronger fugitive slave law
  3. Self-determination for the territory acquired from Mexico
  4. The guarantee that no more slave states would be admitted to the Union
  5. An agreement by Texas to cede claims to territory in New Mexico
Explanation
Answer: D -The Compromise of 1850 did not guarantee that no more slave states would be admitted to the Union. It allowed for popular sovereignty to determine the status in New Mexico and Arizona, while admitting California as a free state. The Compromise was needed because the acquisition of territory from Mexico exceeded the boundaries of the Missouri Compromise, which had defined the policy for creating slave and free states prior to the addition of this land.
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