What was a common political factor for united states-aligned states in europe during the cold war
they held free elections
they lived behind the iron curtain
they had communist governments
they had one political party

the compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the united states congress in september 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the mexican–american war

i believe we're not a republic so that is a hard question