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The Southern states main product was cotton and tobacco and this required a large amount of labor to produce it. They did not see a better way to grow cotton. So for someone to take away their slave labor meant that they would lose their businesses and the economy would fail.
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Which best describes Northern views toward slavery in the 1840s?
Most wanted the south to continue to have slavery. Most were opposed to abolition. Most did not want it to spread at all.
Why did the some of the northerners want slavery to continue?
Because it was the mainstay of the cotton industry, which represented half the exports of the USA.
Why did the southerners secede from the northerners state?
South wanted to keep slaves, north didn't want slavery to continue
Where did slavery continue to exist until 1888?
Brazil
Who wanted slavery to continue?
The people of the southern America wanted the slavery to contending Abraham Lincoln won the civil war. the south agreed to free the slaves
Why do people continue to do slavery?
because they want money and power they dont care
What were some short-term effects of the delegates desicion to continue to allow slavery?
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Which best describes Northern views toward slavery in the 1840s?
Most wanted the south to continue to have slavery. Most were opposed to abolition. Most did not want it to spread at all.
Why did the some of the northerners want slavery to continue?
Because it was the mainstay of the cotton industry, which represented half the exports of the USA.
Why did the southerners secede from the northerners state?
South wanted to keep slaves, north didn't want slavery to continue
Did Robert E. Lee want slavery?
he did not want slavery
Where did slavery continue to exist until 1888?
Brazil
What did Millard Fillmore want?
Millard Fillmore want slavery and didnt want slavery
What is the abolitionist in the civil?
People who believed that slavery should be banned outright. They didn't like Lincoln allowing the Border States to continue slavery, because he didn't want to upset powerful slave-owners and drive them into the arms of the Confederacy.
How did the north and the south differ in their ideas about extending slavery?
the north didnt want slavery but the south want slavery
What does an abolitionist want to do?
they wanted to end slavery
What issue continue to divide the country in the early 1800s?
the expansion of slavery
