Question

True or False: California tried to enter the Union as a slave state but it was an issue because it would disrupt the balance in Congress of 15 slave states and 15 free states

Answer 1

True

Step-by-step explanation:

If California entered as a free state and New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah followed as free states the South would be hopelessly outvoted in the Senate. the political theory that government is subject to the will of the people.