Why can it be argued that the Compromise of 1850 favored the South? Select all that apply.
A. Although the slave trade in Washington D.C. was abolished, there was a slave market just across the Potomac River.
B. The international slave trade was legal once again.
C. California had few pro-slavery settlers in it, thus it most likely would have eventually been admitted as a free state anyway.
D. The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law essentially gave Federal support to the institution of slavery.
Answer (1)
The Compromise of 1850 included provisions that favored the South by supporting slavery through the Fugitive Slave Law and maintaining slave markets. Although it abolished the slave trade in D.C., it failed to diminish slavery's presence nearby. The overall structure of the compromise reinforced Southern interests and allowed for the potential extension of slavery into new territories. ;
