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.