Question

3. Which of the following was an outcome of California's application for statehood?

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) "the debate over the spread of slavery grew more bitter.​"

An outcome of California's application for statehood was "the debate over the spread of slavery grew more bitter.​"

California became part of the United States territory after the Mexican-American War Both countries signed the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in February 1848, in which Mexico also lost the territories of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.

The next year, California wanted to be a state of the Union, and the issue of slavery increased. After much debate on Congress, California became the 31st state of the Union on September 8, 1850. It entered as a free non-slavery state.

Answer 2

Answer:

Option B. The balance in the Senate tipped in favor of slave states was an outcome of California's application for statehood

Explanation:

The entrance of California as a free state would interrupt the balance of senate supremacy between the south slave states and north Free states.

Its arrival as a union would cause the native African Americans to lose their freedom.

In 1849, California was engaged in a fiery deliberations and sought statehood. After the Compromise pact that was signed in 1850, California became a free state and the confined natives became free.