Compromise of 1850
Under the provisions of the Missouri Compromise, Maine was the state that entered the Union with Missouri.
california
California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850 becoming the 31st state to join the Union.
On Monday September 9,1850 California entered the Union as the 31st state.
California entered the Union as a free state in 1850.
New York entered the Union prior to California. New York became a U.S. state on July 26, 1788. California became a U.S. state on September 9, 1850.
There were 30 states already when California entered the Union.
Yes, California entered the Union prior to the Civil War.
No, thanks to the Compromise of 1850, California entered the Union as a free state.
Senate.
California did enter the Union as a free state - too big to fit the terms of the Missouri Compromise. The key question was: What would have happened if California had entered the Union as two separate states, North and South California, meeting on the Missouri line? I believe war could then have been averted.
A free state. If it could have been admitted to the Union as two states - North California and South California - it might have been possible to avert the civil war.