On Monday September 9,1850 California entered the Union as the 31st state.
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California's request to be admitted into the Union caused problems because the state wanted to be admitted as a free state. If the government allowed that it would have upset the balance of slave and free states.
California was admitted in to the Union as a free state. It became a state on September 9, 1850 and was the 31st state to be admitted to the Union.
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.
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 was admitted to the Union as a Free State.