Question

Why did California’s application for statehood cause a sectional crisis

Answer 1

California's application for statehood caused an uproar because it was applying as a non-slave state. The slave states and non-slave states avoided conflict by always having an equal amount of slave and non-slave states, however, California would upset this balance. List the terms of the Compromise of 1850.

Answer 2

B?

Step-by-step explanation:

its entrance as a slave state would upset the balance in favor of the South.