In 1850,the South was deeply worried because
A) soil exhaustion was spreading westward and ruining the profitability of the plantation system.
B) the price of cotton was low.
C) the Supreme Court had a northern majority.
D) California sought admission as a free state.
E) U.S. presidents were favoring the North.

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The South was deeply worried because California sought admission as a free state. This would upset the balance of free and slave states in Congress and potentially threaten the expansion of slavery in the West. The South feared that the North would gain more power and they would lose influence in the government.

In 1850,the South Was Deeply Worried Because