MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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Missouri Compromise
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Compromise of 1850
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850. California became the 31st state on September 9, 1850.
Detailed explanation-2: -The admission of California to the Union as a free state in 1850 tipped the balance of power in the Senate toward free states.
Detailed explanation-3: -By September, Clay’s Compromise became law. California was admitted to the Union as the 16th free state. In exchange, the south was guaranteed that no federal restrictions on slavery would be placed on Utah or New Mexico.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many Southerners realized that they would lose the tie in free and slave states in the United States Senate that had been maintained since the passage of the Missouri Compromise in 1820. For this reason, they refused to support California’s admission to the Union.