I believe because California wanted to enter the union as a free state, free state means banning slavery. This made the southerners upset because California goes from north to south and if California were to be admitted as a free state, it would violate the Missouri Compromise, which drew the border to determine free states and slave states.
The land called Teapot Dome in Wyoming was valuable because. it produced oil.
benjamin franklin championed the north american participation in the enlightenment especially through his use of experimentation using the scientific method to resolve questions about are natural surroundings and physical forces.
Dwight D. Eisenhower won the presidential election.
