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California's entrance as a free state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the North. California's entrance as a slave state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the South. California's entrance as a slave state would cause free African Americans there to lose their freedom. California's entrance as a free state would cause enslaved people there to be freed automatically.
All of the people who participated in the civil war were Americans. There was no favor among the population. The nation was bitterly split.
The North had more soldiers, factories, and railroads.
It was the North because the north gained money while south lost it because they bought most of their goods from Britain, who goods had the tariffs on them.
The compromise of 1850 was made to bring peace to the North and South. It was at the line of latitude below Missouri all the way to the East Coast.
It threatened to upset the balance of power between free and slave states.
Generally the North.
California's entrance as a free state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the North. California's entrance as a slave state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the South. California's entrance as a slave state would cause free African Americans there to lose their freedom. California's entrance as a free state would cause enslaved people there to be freed automatically.
Northern California is farther north than Southern California.
The North, obliviously.
Rather reluctantly, yes. (It meant allowing the vast new state of California to enter the Union as free soil.) To get their support, it was necessary for Congress to make a dramatic gesture of appeasement, and this was the Fugitive Slave Act, which was highly unpopular in the North, and actually brought war closer.
California is in North America and can be considered a division of the continent, but North America, no, is not in California.
North America is the continent California is located on.
California is North of California's southern border, and Oregon is North of California's northern border.
south south
Oregon is the state north of California.
Philadelphia is at 39˚ North. California ranges from 42˚ North and 32˚ North.