sep 9, 1850 - California Is Admitted to
the Union as a Free State
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Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, non-slavery state by the Compromise of 1850. California became the 31st state of the United States.
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Civil War TImeline
Lily A. Sweet
October 17th, 2017
Period Five
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