It would have reduced the number of foreign-born people entering the US
Answer:
Congress had long struggled to maintain an equal balance between slave and free state. As a result it would take six years for Congress to act on Florida's wish. Congress had to wait until another territory was ready to become a free state.
Explanation:
In order for the constitution to be amended it must be passed by the federal government and it also has to be passed by 3/4 of the states... the whole point of federalism is that in addition to a central government (the united states federal government) there are separate sovereign states or provinces (individual states)
because an amendment needs the blessing of both the federal government and the states it demonstrates federalism
