States rights and property rights.
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Southerners believed they were fighting for 1. Slavery 2. their rural way of life
their states rights.
Some believed in expansionism and Manifest Destiny. Some wanted to expand slavery.
They believed they were fighting for their freedom.
In exchange for supporting Alexander Hamilton's debt plan, the southerners gained the privilege of having the nation's capital located in the south. Sectionalism appeared to already be growing at this point. The southerners didn't want to pay the debts that they believed had been incurred by the north.