Which is one way the Compromise of 1850 dealt with the issue of expansion of slavery into the territory gained from the Mexican Cession

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Which is one way the Compromise of 1850 dealt with the issue of expansion of slavery into the territory gained from the Mexican Cession

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Lailah Garrison · Answer 1

It established the idea of popular sovereignty. This meant that states could choose whether to be a slave state or free based on what their population wanted.