Under the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted to the Union with what status regarding slavery?

As a territory where the issue would be decided later

As a state where slavery was allowed only in the southern half

In exchange for accepting California as a free state, what major concession was given to the South in the Compromise of 1850?

The creation of two new slave states in the Midwest

A new, stricter law for capturing escaped slaves

The promise that all future states would be slave states

The federal government purchased all surplus cotton

The end of the U.S.-Mexican War

A major slave rebellion in Virginia

California's application to join the Union as a state

The election of a new president who opposed slavery

They worried California's gold would devalue their currency.

They believed California was not populated enough to become a state.

They feared it would be too expensive to defend the new Pacific coastline.

They did not want another free state to upset the balance of power in Congress.