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Why was the issue of slavery in territories so important to the north and south?
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An issue dividing the north and south?
slavery and the industry
The North viewed slavery as what kind of issue?
moral
How the did the issue of slavery divide the north and the south?
trick question it united them
Did the north like slavery?
It was not as accepted in the north, and was not as important in the economy, as for the south, without slavery there economy would fail.
What led to sectionalism between the north and the south before the civil war?
The issue of slavery.
What did the slavery issue have on the democratic and Whig parties?
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
What impact did the slavery issue have on the democratic and whig parties?
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
The south looked at slavery as an economic issue. The North viewed slavery as what kind of issue?
The South looked at slavery as an economic issue. The North viewed slavery as a moral issue. In the North, slavery was proving to be unprofitable in the North and was dying out by the end of the American Revolution, but in the South white Southerners were increasingly more defensive of slavery.
The South looked at slavery as an economic issue The North viewed slavery as what kind of issue?
The South looked at slavery as an economic issue. The North viewed slavery as a moral issue. In the North, slavery was proving to be unprofitable in the North and was dying out by the end of the American Revolution, but in the South white Southerners were increasingly more defensive of slavery.
How does The Missouri Compromise change the issue of slavery expansion in the US?
It prohibited slavery North of a certain parallel, but only in the territories brought in under the Louisiana Purchase. When the new Mexican territories came in, they needed a new compromise. That one did not hold.
What caused the issue that the north and south fought over in the government when they avoided the slavery issue by the compromises?
The issue that the North and South fought over was called the Wilmot Proviso. It was basically a law of slavery: the North and South were fighting over slavery. The North were anti-slavery and the South were pro-slavery
Why did northern politicians oppose the extension of slavery into the new territories?
The North had opposed the extension of slavery because they didn't want the 'inhumane' segregation to spread the the newer joining territories/states. And they couldn't have yet attempted to abolish slavery all together at that point because the segregation force was too large and powerful. So they hoped to only turn new territories/states anti-slavery. Slavery was one issue, equal rights was another issue. So to say that Northerners did not like segregation is not true. Segregation existed in the North and the USA as a whole for decades after the Civil War.
Dealt with the issue of slavery in land acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
The Missouri Compromise primarily involved the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
What dealt with the issue of slavery in land acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
The Missouri Compromise primarily involved the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
Why was there so much North vs South tension over territorial expansion?
There was this tension, because the territories claimed by the South became slave territories and the territories claimed by the North became free territories. The North wanted no slavery and the South wanted slaves. So, the North and south raced to get as much land as possible to cause the other direction ( N. or S. ) to submit into slavery or no slavery
Although slavery was an important moral issue for many in the North its continued existence in the South was primarily because of what?
Economic necessity
An issue dividing the north and south?
slavery and the industry
