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Why did northerners and southerns eagerly rush in to the civil war?
Because both sides were certain that they would win.
Why did southern slave owners fear northern attitudes towards slavery?
The loss of slavery would threaten the Southern economy.
What arguments did white southerns use to defend slavery?
That cotton was America's biggest export, so the institution of slavery was beneficial. That slaves were simple, happy folk, content with their lot. That the slaves were much better-off in America than they would have been in Africa. That slavery was a perfect God-given arrangement of master and man. They called it a states rights issue. They argued that slaves were property or animals, not people, and were thus not entitled to rights. The best "scientists" of that day considered people with dark skin to be inferior. The southerners said slavery was necessary to help the economy. They convinced themselves that they were doing people from Africa a favor. They argued that slavery was a time-honored tradition and that even Africans sold other Africans into slavery.
Why was it important to end slavery?
Because if slavery did not end nothing would be the same.
What if America had no slavery?
there would be no blacks in america
