Question

which compromise was designed to end the argument over the status of the new terriory acqiured during the mexican america war A.great compromise B.The compromise of 1850 C.The Missouri Compromise D. the kansas- nebraska act

Answer 1

B is the correct answer.

The Compromise of 1850 was a series of bills that were designed to defuse tensions over the status of slavery in territories acquired after the Mexican-American war. This was necessary after Texas complicated the agreement set forth in the Missouri Compromise.