Senaters have no term limits
Caribbean islands, coast of Central America, and coast of South America
The main reason why the US Senate is often called “the greatest deliberative body in the world" is because it allows each state to have an equal say in legislation regardless of the state's size, which is a powerful function.
California outlawed slavery. Southern states didn't want California to be admitted to the union as a free state because it would upset the balance of free states to slave states. This was compromised Later in 1850
It will test if they can survive this civil war stay united, then the Union will continue to live on.