Question

All of the following were provisions of the compromise of 1850 except:

a. california was admitted as a free state
b. the fugitive-slave law was strengthened
c. ended the slave trade in the district of columbia
d. the district of columbia was closed to slavery

Answer 1

The answer is D. the district of Columbia was closed to slavery.
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and south. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington DC was abolished.