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If California entered the Union it would enter as a free state, the balance of power would be broken
It upset the balance of slave & free states,
It upset the balance of slave and free states
It would upset the balance between the slave and free states in the Senate. By Paul A Rivera
It threatened to upset the balance of power between free and slave states.
The Missouri Comp.
Well, the South and North had disagreements about it. Before they had a balance between free and slave states. If CA would be a free state then it will upset the balance and in a way threaten the South.
To keep balance in the u.s.
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.
By working to establish a balance of power between European states
In California's state constitution they wanted to be admitted into the union as a free state because miner during the gold rush didn't want to have to compete with slave labor. Southern slave owners didn't want that because it would offset the 15 free states and 15 slaves state balance in the senate. If another free state was added the south would lose power. The south feared if they lost power northerners would abolish slavery.
1820