Question

In creating the Compromise of 1850, to please the South, Congress agreed not to pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico.

True or False?

Answer 1

Well, the land from Mexico was broken up into two new states eventually. The territories of New Mexico and Utah were given the option of legalizing slavery. So, technically, they weren't told that they couldn't, it was at the state's own discretion to pass the law or not.