The Compromise of 1850 Practice Test

A historian describes the Compromise of 1850 as a response to the “Mexican Cession problem” and notes that it attempted to avoid repeating the kind of rigid sectional formula used in 1820. Which statement best identifies the rigid formula the historian is referencing?

In a brief secondary account, an author explains that Henry Clay proposed an “omnibus” Compromise of 1850, but Stephen Douglas helped pass its parts as separate measures. The author highlights that debates centered on whether Congress could restrict slavery in the territories gained from Mexico and on the enforcement of fugitive slave returns. Which debate is most directly tied to the popular sovereignty provisions in Utah and New Mexico?