Southern senators and representatives threatened to leave the union over california's status as a free state. why? did this bring about national tension leading up to the civil war?

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Southern Senators and Representatives threatened to leave the union over California's admission as a free state because it unbalanced the equality between free and slave states in Senate.

Did California's status as a free state start the civil war?

The 1820 Missouri Compromise ensured that the north (free states) and south (slave states) had equal representation in Congress.

In 1850 when California was admitted, the state elected to be free, thus automatically upsetting the balance of decision-making power and frightening the southern senators.

Thus, we can conclude that California's admission into the union as a free state helped increase the national tension leading up to the civil war.

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