President Zachary Taylor Wanted to Admit California as a State

President Zachary Taylor wanted to admit California as a state immediately because he

A) was anti-slavery and California had voted on a free-state constitution.
B) was pro-slavery and California had voted on a slave-state constitution.
C) wished to bypass the divisive issue of slavery in the territories.
D) was afraid Mexico would make new claims on the area since gold had been discovered there.
E) was persuaded to do so by his overwhelmingly northern cabinet.