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California was added as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850. This compromise was designed to ease tensions between free and slave states following the Mexican-American War. In addition to California's admission, the compromise included provisions such as the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act and the organization of the territories of New Mexico and Utah without restrictions on slavery.

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