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Southerners supported the admission of California as a free state because it would preserve the balance in the Senate between slave and free states.
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Southern leaders opposed California entering as a free state because it would tip the Senate balance in favor of free states. Their opposition helped prompt the Compromise of 1850, which admitted California as free but included concessions to the South (notably a stronger Fugitive Slave Act).
Southern leaders opposed California entering as a free state because it would tip the Senate balance in favor of free states. Their opposition helped prompt the Compromise of 1850, which admitted California as free but included concessions to the South (notably a stronger Fugitive Slave Act).
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