What was the goal of the compromise of 1850?
a. to improve the economy in both the north and the south
b. to preserve the union
c. to keep the balance between free states and slave states
d. to resolve issues related to texas's statehood.

which was not a provision of the compromise of 1850?
a. elimination of the slave trade in washington, d. c
b. admission of new mexico as a slave state and utah as a free state
c. admission of california as a free state
d. passage of the fugitive slave act