History

Siena Chan

5 May, 20:37

Which best explains why California's application for statehood caused a sectional crisis?

A. California's entrance as a free state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the North.

B. California's entrance as a slave state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the South.

C. California's entrance as a slave state would cause free African Americans there to lose their freedom.

D. California's entrance as a free state would cause enslaved people there to be freed automatically.