A free state.
If it could have been admitted to the Union as two states - North California and South California - it might have been possible to avert the civil war.
california
According to the Compromise of 1850, California entered the Union as a free state. This compromise aimed to balance the interests of slave and free states, and while it admitted California as free, it also included provisions for stronger fugitive slave laws and allowed territories of New Mexico and Utah to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.
On Monday September 9,1850 California entered the Union as the 31st state.
Yes, California entered the Union prior to the Civil War.
According to the Compromise of 1850, California entered the Union as a free state. This compromise was part of a larger package of legislation aimed at addressing the tensions between slave and free states following the Mexican-American War. The compromise also included provisions regarding slavery in other territories and the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Under the provisions of the Missouri Compromise, Maine was the state that entered the Union with Missouri.
None, Maine was the only state to join the union in 1820.
california
California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850 becoming the 31st state to join the Union.
Oregon entered as a Free State.
According to the Compromise of 1850, California entered the Union as a free state. This compromise aimed to balance the interests of slave and free states, and while it admitted California as free, it also included provisions for stronger fugitive slave laws and allowed territories of New Mexico and Utah to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.
On Monday September 9,1850 California entered the Union as the 31st state.
Missouri entered the union as a slave state, Maine entered the union as a free state, it was compromised that there would be no more slave states above the 36th parallel(Missouri was to be the only exception)
If California entered the Union it would enter as a free state, the balance of power would be broken
maine entered the union as a slave state
West Virginia, though there was very little slavery there.
California became a free state in 1850, ending the balance of free states and slave states. However, the slave states got a tougher fugitive slave law as a result of California's admission to the Union as a free state.