The compromise of 1850 was necessary because
a. california was seeking admittance to the union as a free state.
b. americans were unwilling to live with the terms of the missouri compromise.
c. public attitudes had shifted, and few americans supported slavery in 1850.

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the  wilmot proviso  was designed to eliminate  slavery  within the  landacquired as a result of the mexican war (1846-48). fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, pennsylvania congressman david  wilmot proposedhis amendment to the bill.