Question

Which statement best compares the responses of Northerners and Southerners to the Compromise of 1850?(1 point)
Responses

Southerners would support the admission of California because it would be open to popular sovereignty, while Northerners would oppose the admission of California because it would be open to popular sovereignty.
Southerners would support the admission of California because it would be open to popular sovereignty, while Northerners would oppose the admission of California because it would be open to popular sovereignty.

Southerners would not support the admission of California because it would support popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories, while Northerners would support the admission of California because it would permit popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories.
Southerners would not support the admission of California because it would support popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories, while Northerners would support the admission of California because it would permit popular sovereignty in the New Mexico and Utah territories.

Southerners would be opposed to the admission of California because it would upset the balance of free states and slave states in Congress, while Northerners would support the admission of California because it would create more free states.
Southerners would be opposed to the admission of California because it would upset the balance of free states and slave states in Congress, while Northerners would support the admission of California because it would create more free states.

Southerners would support the admission of California because it would ban the trading of enslaved people, while Northerners would be opposed to the admission of California because it would allow slavery.

Answer 1

The best statement that compares the responses of Northerners and Southerners to the Compromise of 1850 is:

**Southerners would be opposed to the admission of California because it would upset the balance of free states and slave states in Congress, while Northerners would support the admission of California because it would create more free states.**

This statement accurately reflects the concerns of both regions regarding the balance of power between free and slave states, as battles over the expansion of slavery were central to the debates surrounding California's admission.