USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Iowa was admitted as a free state and Florida was admitted as a slave state, according to their respective state constitutions. The concurrent admission of the two states allowed the U.S. Senate to remain balanced in regard to the number of senators from free and slave states.

Detailed explanation-2: -On March 3, 1845, Florida became a slave state of the United States. Almost half the state’s population were enslaved African Americans working on large cotton and sugar plantations, between the Apalachicola and Suwannee Rivers in the north-central part of the state.

Detailed explanation-3: -Slavery was practiced in Florida but not all African Americans were slaves. Many bought their freedom or were freed by their owners. Some were Creoles, free descendents of Spanish citizens of African ancestry. When Florida became a state, it was considered a slave state.

Detailed explanation-4: -New territories The 15 slave states had Texas (1845) and Florida (1845), outnumbering the 14 free states, which gained Iowa (1846).