16. This is an excerpt from the State of the Union speech given by President Zachary Taylor in 1849. No civil government having been provided by Congress for California, the people of that territory, impelled by the necessities of their political condition, recently met in convention for the purpose of forming a constitution and state government, which the latest advices give me reason to suppose has been accomplished; and it is believed they will shortly apply for the admission of California into the Union as a sovereign state. Should such be the case, and should their constitution be conformable to the requisitions of the Constitution of the United States, I recommend their application to the favorable consideration of Congress. Which legislation resolved the issue addressed in this excerpt? A Compromise of 1850 B Homestead Act C Kansas-Nebraska Act D Missouri Compromise

16. This is an excerpt from the State of the Union speech given by President Zachary Taylor in 1849. No civil government having been provided by Congress for California, the people of that territory, impelled by the necessities of their political condition, recently met in convention for the purpose of forming a constitution and state government, which the latest advices give me reason to suppose has been accomplished; and it is believed they will shortly apply for the admission of California into the Union as a sovereign state. Should such be the case, and should their constitution be conformable to the requisitions of the Constitution of the United States, I recommend their application to the favorable consideration of Congress. Which legislation resolved the issue addressed in this excerpt? A Compromise of 1850 B Homestead Act C Kansas-Nebraska Act D Missouri Compromise