Which of the following was an outcome of California's application for statehood? The balance in the Senate tipped in favor of slave states. Western expansion ended and Manifest Destiny was fulfilled. Southern slaveholders could use slave labor to search for gold. The debate over the spread of slavery grew more bitter.

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10 April, 23:38

Which of the following was an outcome of California's application for statehood? The balance in the Senate tipped in favor of slave states. Western expansion ended and Manifest Destiny was fulfilled. Southern slaveholders could use slave labor to search for gold. The debate over the spread of slavery grew more bitter.

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Moriah Costa · Answer 1

The debate over the spread of slavery grew more bitter.

Kenley Weeks · Answer 2

The debate over the spread of slavery grew more bitter.

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An outcome of California's application for statehood was the debate over the spread of slavery grew more bitter. California became part of the United States territory after the Mexican-American War Both countries signed the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in February 1848, in which Mexico also lost the territories of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.