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Why do California's request to become a state cause a crisist in congress?
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∙ 9y ago
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.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoCalifornia's application for statehood caused a crisis because their admission to the Union would have disturbed the balance between states that were slave states and states that were free. California was granted statehood on September 9, 1850.
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∙ 14y agoCalifornia being admitted would throw the balance off in Congress between Pro and Con slave states
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