The question was, how should slaves be counted for the purpose of Congressional representation? The South wanted to count all slaves as "population", because this would increase the number of Representatives from the slave states. The northern states didn't want to include slaves AT ALL; if they weren't fully citizens and couldn't vote, why should they be counted for purposes of representation?
The "three fifths" compromise gave southern states some additional Congressional representation, without giving the South an overwhelming advantage.
The northern states argument in the three fifths compromise was that slaves should be counted as property when it comes to taxes but not when it comes to representation.
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It's actually the Three-Fifths Compromise. Most delegates from the slave-holding States argued that slaves should be counted. Most northerners took the opposing view. Finally, the Framers decided on the 3/5ths Compromise.
President Andrew Johnson
Necessary to develop their manufacturing industry. But under possible threat, if the Northern majority in Congress was eroded by new slave-states joining the Union.
Generally speaking, Northerners and Northern politicians believed that slavery should not be allowed to expand to new territories or new states. Part of their argument was negated in 1857 by a ruling by the US Supreme Court which said slavery was constitutional.
The Northern states were opposed to the Missouri Compromise of 1820. They felt Missouri should not be a slave state as it would give the South more power.
By 1861, it is clear that most people in the Northern non slave US States believe that slavery is immoral. By the same year many not most, of the people in the Southern States believe that slavery is not immoral.
When it came to apportioning direct taxes, the northern states believed that slaves were not citizens and couldn't be counted as people. However, since the majority of the slave population was in the southern states, the northern states had less political power and representation in the government.
Mountain View is technically in "northern California", but in reality is pretty much in the middle between north and south. Mountain View is a suburb of San Jose, at the southern end of San Francisco Bay.
They saw it as treason.
They saw it as treason.
Most Northern states outlawed slavery
Human rights, not states rights.
They liked it because it could have allowed new slave states.
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The Northerners believed that it was unconstitutional and the Southerners believed that it was better for there way of life
The major disagreement that helped unfold the US Civil War was the view by Southern states that they had the right to remove themselves from the United States. The primary view in the North regarding slavery was that most believed it should not extend to new territories and new states. They and Lincoln were fine to let it exist where it already existed. The US Supreme Court in 1859 stated that slavery was constitutional. Therefore only an amendment to the US Constitution could abolish slavery. This was passed in December of 1865, the 13th amendment.Also, for many Northerners, the secession of the Southern slave states ended the problem. It ended if the South was allowed to secede. US President Lincoln decided that it was better to keep the US united at any cost. This was not a national view point and Lincoln's presidential run did not claim he intended to end slavery.