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Most people, North and South, were hoping that a future war could be avoided by this sensible arrangement of letting the local population of each new state vote whether to be slave or free. ('Popular Sovereignty')
But the result was a miniature Civil War in Kansas, with terrorists from outside the state intimidating voters and declaring every election result to be a fraud.
It was the tragic curtain-raiser for the real Civil War.
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What did southerners think congress should protect?
Southerners thought congress should protect their borders.
The allowed Southerners to take their slaves with them into Kansas and Nebraska.?
Kansas-Nebraska act
Why did Andrew support the Indian removal act of 1830?
Southerners wanted him to remove the Native Americans from the South
Why do you think northerners called southerners ''rebels''?
Because the southern states had rebelled against the USA.
Why did the southerners approve of the Compromise of 1850?
Because of the Fugitive Slave Act, where official slave-catchers were appointed to return runaways to their owners.
What did southerners think congress should protect?
Southerners thought congress should protect their borders.
The allowed Southerners to take their slaves with them into Kansas and Nebraska.?
Kansas-Nebraska act
Why did many southerners act As if they had not lost the civil war?
so they wouldn't lose their dignity
What did Southerners have to do to receive a pardon under Lincoln's reconstruction act?
Southerners had to accept that the blacks were no longer slaves and were in fact free. The American Civil war ended in 1865.
Why do you think southerners were opposed to the Wilmot Proviso?
Southerners opposed the Wilmot Proviso because it sought to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico, which threatened the balance of power between slave and free states in the U.S. They believed it went against their rights to bring slaves into new territories and feared it could lead to the restriction of slavery in existing states.
Southerners who gained equal rights through the civil rights act of 1866?
African Americans
Why did southerners the Kansas Nebraska act?
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery
What did president grant help pass to prevent southerners from using fear to African Americans out of the political process?
President Grant helped to pass The Enforcements Act to prevent Southerners from using fear to shut African Americans out of the political process.
What did southerners think about general William t sherman?
We still hate him.
Who was in favor of the slave trade?
I think that mostly the Southerners were totally for slavery.
What did Southerners think of the U.S Constitution?
Cotton is more important than it
Why southerners support Kansas Nebraska act?
They thought that granting popular sovereignty would allow slavery
