Which of the following events involved breaking the Omnibus Bill into multiple parts?

The Compromise of 1850 is the event that involved breaking the Omnibus Bill into multiple parts. Originally, the proposal put forth by Senator Henry Clay aimed to settle various contentious issues arising from the Mexican-American War and the status of territories gained from it, particularly around the issue of slavery. The Omnibus Bill sought to address these issues in a single, comprehensive package. However, to facilitate its passage through a divided Congress, it was decided to separate the provisions into individual bills.

By doing so, lawmakers who had differing opinions on the various issues—such as whether California should be admitted as a free state, the organization of New Mexico and Utah with the principle of popular sovereignty, and the tightening of fugitive slave laws—could vote on measures that aligned more closely with their own beliefs. This strategy ultimately led to the successful passage of the compromise, which helped to temporarily ease sectional tensions in the United States but also laid the groundwork for future conflict over slavery.

The other options do not represent instances where a single legislative package was divided into components for voting. The Missouri Compromise dealt primarily with the balance of free and slave states without breaking into parts; the Kansas-Nebraska Act introduced the concept of popular sovereignty for two territories but was not initially