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Nation Building and Sectionalism — Test

Question 10 • US History

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

Answer

A

Its entrance as a free state would upset the balance in favor of the North.

B

Its entrance a slave state would cause free African Americans there to lose their freedom.

C

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

D

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

Explanation

California sought admission as a free state. Because free and slave states were balanced in the Senate, adding California as a free state would give the North an advantage and upset that balance, creating sectional conflict. Choice A describes this concern.

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