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What was a barrier to admitting California to the union?
it was not clear weather or not it should be a free state or a slave state
Why was the concern about admitting Missouri as a slave state?
It would have made an imbalance in congress and that would make more slave states than free states, thus the pro slavery states would have more power in congress
What was the compromise needed in 1850 to hold the union together in return for admitting California as a free state?
It was getting harder to create new slave-states, so the Compromise had to include a gesture of appeasement to the South. This was the Fugitive Slave Act, which infuriated the North, and generally raised the tensions.
Why did California application for statehood cause an Uproar?
California's application for statehood caused an uproar because it was applying as a non-slave state. The slave states and non-slave states avoided conflict by always having an equal amount of slave and non-slave states, however, California would upset this balance. This gave the South an uneasy feeling.
Was The admission of this state to the Union ended the balance of slave and free state?
California became a free state in 1850, ending the balance of free states and slave states. However, the slave states got a tougher fugitive slave law as a result of California's admission to the Union as a free state.
Northern states objected to admitting Missouri as a slave state because?
It would increase the power of the southern states in the senate.
The comprimises of 1820 and 1850 dealt with?
admitting equal number of free and slave states
Why was the southern states displeased when California was admitted to the union?
It upset the balance of slave & free states,
Why were southern states displeased when California became free?
It upset the balance of slave and free states
Did California ban slavery?
Yes they did. Abraham Lincoln banned slavery from slave states that included California.
What is the importance of California becoming a state?
well California was a part of mexico originally, around the time we were trying to become a state, the United states had an even number of slave/no slave states California wanted to enter in as a free(no slave) state. his caused an issue because it would obviously make the free side bigger and the slave states thought it would bring an end to slave states. Despite this after a lot of "debates" California was voted in, and because we entered as a free state we basically started the civil war, there were other factors but we were a big art in it.
Were the states that border the pacific ocean free states or slave?
Some in the United States. California, Oregon, and Nevada were.
