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Why did california's application for statehood cause a sectional crisis?

a.) its entrace as free state would upset the balacne in favor of the north.

b.) its entrance as a slave state would upset the balance in favor of the south.

c.) its entrance a slave state would cause free african americans there to lose their freedom.

d.) its entrance as free state would cause enslaved people there to be automatically freed.

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The correct answer is D!

Its entrance as free state would cause enslaved people there to be automatically freed
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