Which best explains why california’s application for statehood caused a sectional crisis?
a. california’s entrance as a free state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the north.
b. california’s entrance as a slave state would upset the legislative balance in favor of the south.
c. california’s entrance as a slave state would cause free african americans there to lose their freedom.
d. california’s entrance as a free state would cause enslaved people there to be freed automatically.

answer; /// i believe that the correct answer is (divison of labor);

answer; i believe the correct answer is (the willamete valley);

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i believe the correct answer is b.