List the main
elements of the Compromise of 1850.

First. Allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.

Second. Divided to rest of the Mexican Cession into the territories of New Mexico and Utah.

Third. Ended the slave trade in Washington D.C., the nation's capital. ...

Fourth. Included a strict, fugitive slave law.

Fifth. The Compromise of 1850 contained the following provisions: (1) California was admitted to the Union as a free state; (2) the remainder of the Mexican cession was divided into the two territories of New Mexico and Utah and organized without mention of slavery; (3) the claim of Texas to a portion of New Mexico was satisfied by a payment of $10 million; (4) new legislation (the Fugitive Slave Act) was passed to apprehend runaway slaves and return them to their masters; and (5) the buying and selling of slaves (but not slavery) was abolished in the District of Columbia.

Explanation:

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