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What challenge did Congress face in 1850?

whether to acquire new Western territories

whether to sell territory from the Mexican Cession

whether to allow slavery in new territories

whether to allow new territories to become states

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To sum it down Congress' challenge was whether to allow slavery in new territories, it was so because the southern states had helped drastically in the Mexican-American war and from which they believed they would receive a reward for, Congress ended up splitting have of the new territories into slave states and non slave states.

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The Mexican-American war has led to the presentation and passing of five separate bills by United States congress which gave rise to a debate that whether the new states should allow slavery.

Challenge Faced By Congress

  • There was a trend practiced of making and trading slaves in the old states and during the Mexican-American war in 1850, those people turned out to be of great help.

  • They were expecting slavery free states as a reward for battling in the war and this gave rise to a dilemma for US congress.

  • The congress decided to introduce few slavery free states.

Therefore it can be concluded that congress faced the challenge "whether to allow slavery in new territories" in 1850 and OPTION C is correct.

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