3. What controversial issue was settled by the Compromise of 1850?
A the border between Texas and Mexico
OB the admission of Texas as a free state
C the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act
D the admission of California as a free state
California was admitted to the Union as the 16th free state. In exchange, the south was guaranteed that no federal restrictions on slavery would be placed on Utah or New Mexico. Texas lost its boundary claims in New Mexico, but the Congress compensated Texas with $10 million.
