It threatened to upset the balance of power between free and slave states.
On Monday September 9,1850 California entered the Union as the 31st state.
California did enter the Union as a free state - too big to fit the terms of the Missouri Compromise. The key question was: What would have happened if California had entered the Union as two separate states, North and South California, meeting on the Missouri line? I believe war could then have been averted.
North Carolina was admitted into the Union on November 21, 1789 becoming the 12th state to join the Union.
California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850 becoming the 31st state to join the Union.
California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850 becoming the 31st state to join the Union.
As a free state, I think...
California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850 becoming the 31st state to join the Union.
California became the 31st US State in 1850.
1850. The admission of California was the biggest issue in the Compromise of 1850.
September 9th 1850
No, thanks to the Compromise of 1850, California entered the Union as a free state.
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.