Answer: A. The compromise allowed California to join the United States as a free state but would allowed slavery in the southwestern territories.
Step-by-step explanation:
As the abolitionist North and the pro-slavery South saw their rivalry intensify with the lobbying by the South that slavery should be allowed in the western territories, Congress decided to pass the compromise of 1850 which was several acts that would calm both sides for the time being.
With this compromise, California was allowed to join the United States as a free state but in return, the Southwestern territories were allowed to decide their slavery status in an election which meant that if the territories so pleased, they could allow slavery in their territories.
