jan 1, 1850 - California's Bid for Addmission

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When California wanted to become a part of the union, it created heated debates in Congress. Calhoun was a reason for the heated debates. He said that under the Constitution, Congress had no power to regulate slavery, so therefore, California should be admitted into the union as a slave state. Of course, northern abolitionists strongly apposed this view. These dissagreements were the cause for the complex compromise.

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