The delegates at the California state constitutional convention wanted admission as a state. Though Southerners preferred to ext
end the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific Ocean, President Zachary Taylor wanted admission based on . It wasn’t until passage of the that the Southerners were appeased and California was allowed to enter as the Thirty-First state.
The delegates at the California state constitutional convention wanted admission as a state. Though Southerners preferred to extend the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific Ocean, President Zachary Taylor wanted admission based on popular sovereignty. It wasn’t until passage of the Compromise of 1850 that the Southerners were appeased and California was allowed to enter as the Thirty-First state.
Explanation:
In 1849, the California Constitutional Convention unanimously decided to ban slavery, put in place a provisional government which administered the region for ten months and drew up the first California Constitution. On September 9, 1850, California became the 31st State of the Union, thanks to the Compromise of 1850, in which it was agreed that California would join the Union as a free state in exchange for the ban of the Wilmot Proviso.
