Which compromise was designed to end the argument over the status of the new territory acquired during the Mexican-American War?
A) the Great Compromise
B) the Compromise of 1850
C) the Missouri Compromise
D) the Kansas-Nebraska Act
The compromise that was designed to end the argument over the status of the new territory acquired during the Mexican-American War was the Compromise of 1850, since this sought to avert a Civil War (which did not work)