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What impact did the statehood of California have on the slavery issue in the US?
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∙ 13y ago
A very serious one.
If it could have been divided along the Missouri line into North and South California, there might not have been a war.
But it had to join the union as one state, and Congress decided it had to be free soil. This meant that the Missouri Compromise had to be abandoned, and the new compromise that replaced it had to include some appeasement of the South.
They settled on the Fugitive Slave Act, which was meant as a robust defence of property ownership. But it greatly offended the North, as the public was under pressure to report anyone who looked like a runaway slave. This raised the temperature of the whole issue, and provoked Harriet Beecher Stowe into writing 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
The war could not be far off.
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Did democrats fight over the slavery issue in California?
No
Who would decide the issue of slavery in territories under the idea of popular sovereignty?
The voting public in each territory that came up for statehood.
Why did slavery become a major national issue in 1850?
the issue of slavery became important again in 1850. At that time, california requested to join the union as a free state.
What impact did westward expansion have on the issue of slavery in the US?
It made the issue even more prevalent. People had the decision to make a state free or a slave state.
In what compromise did California become a free state and the Southwest territories would decide the slavery issue?
The compromise of 1850
What was the main importance during Missouri's application for statehood?
it was complicated by the issue of slavery.
Missouri's application for statehood in 1819 raised the issue of whether slavery?
Missouri's application for statehood in 1819 raised the issue of whether slavery should be allowed in the new state, leading to fierce debates in Congress about the balance of power between free and slave states. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 emerged as a temporary resolution, allowing Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state, and prohibiting slavery in the unorganized territories north of the 36°30’ parallel.
What year did California come into the union as a free state?
In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of September 9, 1850.
What factor pushed the issue of California statehood ahead of the normal time schedule for the development of a territory?
the California gold rush
Did democrats fight over the slavery issue in California?
No
Were the other states opposed to the aquisition of Maine?
Maine's Statehood was delayed to maintain the Balance of Power in the US Senate over the issue of slavery. The 1820 Missouri Conpromise settled the issue by allowing the Free State of Maine and the Slave State of Missouri statehood jointly. The Senate would remain gridlocked on the issue of slavery and only a great Civil War would resolve the issue,
How did john browns raid impact the national slavery of slavery?
it increased tentions over the issue of slavery across the united states
What new state raised the issue of slavery again in 1850?
California.
Why did the northerners in congress accept California application for statehood while southerners reject it?
The issue was slavery. California was expected to be admitted as a free state. The South knew that with enough more free states, the free states could get an amendment passed to outlaw slavery and so they wanted to prevent that possibility by keeping the number of free and slave states as equal as possible.
Who would decide the issue of slavery in territories under the idea of popular sovereignty?
The voting public in each territory that came up for statehood.
Why did slavery become a major national issue in 1850?
the issue of slavery became important again in 1850. At that time, california requested to join the union as a free state.
What impact did the slavery issue have on the democratic and whig parties?
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
