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AP US History
Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Topic 5.4
How might history have unfolded differently if California had not been admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850?
The Gold Rush could escalate tensions about labor rights across all states.
Slavery could expand into western territories quicker due to lack of northern influence there.
Deeper economic depression could occur in southern slave-holding economies because there would be no gold rush boon to national economy.
The balance between free and slave states could remain equal longer, potentially delaying southern secession movements and Civil War.
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