Authored by Henry Clay, the Compromise of 1850 offered resolutions in pairs: one favored the North, another the South. The resolution about California was balanced by a resolution on remaining territory acquired from Mexico. What did the resolution state about California?
a) It stated that California would be a slave state.
b) It stated that California would be a free state.
c) It stated that California would be a slave state for twenty years, then be free.
d) It stated that California would be split into two states.
