Question

question 15 of 20
the compromise of 1850 was needed to prevent a crisis concerning:
a. the slave trade in washington, d.c.
b. the admittance of kansas as a slave state.
c. the admittance of california as a free state.
d. the enforcement of the fugitive slave act.

Explanation:

The Compromise of 1850 was mainly about California's statehood. California wanted to enter as a free state. This would disrupt the balance between free and slave states. The compromise addressed this and other related issues (like the slave trade in D.C., a stronger Fugitive Slave Act). Kansas - Nebraska Act (1854) dealt with Kansas. So the key crisis the Compromise of 1850 aimed to prevent was over California's admittance as a free state.

Answer:

C. the admittance of California as a free state.