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Which of the following occurred first? The discovery of gold in California. The compromise of 1850 The application for statehood by California The Missouri compromise
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Which of the following occurred first?

The discovery of gold in California.
The compromise of 1850
The application for statehood by California
The Missouri compromise

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The Missouri Compromise occurred in 1820. It set the idea that all states North of the 36. 30 parallel would be free and all below would be slave states (minus Missouri). It was an attempt to contain the spread of slavery. 
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