The Compromise of 1850.
It was cobbled together rather desperately, and did not last.
compromise of 1850
that we had a war that we won
California petitioned to enter the Union in 1849 as a free state, as in no slaves allowed. However, this would have upset the balance between free and slave states. Eventually, through the Compromise of 1850, California would be allowed to enter as a free state.
No, thanks to the Compromise of 1850, California entered the Union as a free state.
California's request to be admitted into the Union caused problems because the state wanted to be admitted as a free state. If the government allowed that it would have upset the balance of slave and free states.
Missouri compromise
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
compromise of 1850
On Monday September 9,1850 California entered the Union as the 31st state.
the compromise of 1850
As a free state, I think...
Because it allowed California to enter the Union as free soil.
1850. The admission of California was the biggest issue in the Compromise of 1850.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed a slave state into the union when alternated with a free state. The compromise allowed Missouri to enter the US as a slave state and part of Massachusetts was divided to allow the entrance of Maine into the US as a free state.