The South was sensitive to the growing influence of the Abolitionist movement and the increasing difficulty of bring new territories into the USA as slave-states.
Their morale was raised by a couple of false dawns.
First, a new Fugitive Slave Act had been introduced in exchange for California being admitted as free soil. The South did not realise how unpopular these official slave-catchers would be, and 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as an immediate protest against the Act.
Second, an ageing Chief Justice ruled that under the Constitution a man's property was sacred, and slaves were property. This appeared to mean that no state could declare itself to be free soil, and again the South took heart. But again, it caused outrage in the North, and brought war a step closer.
There had also been the well-meant attempt to put the slavery issue to a local vote when new states were coming up for admission to the USA. Both sides hoped for an orderly result. But what they got was widespread intimidation of voters and much bloodshed, demonstrating all too clearly that the issue could not be resolved through lawful processes, but only through violence.
By the 1850s, the south and north were becoming more alike.
In 19th century America, the North and the South viewed various political and social events that occurred in the 1850s in a generally opposed fashion. Whether blood was shed due to slavery/anti-slavery tensions, or political legislation was proposed or passed, or threats were made or acted upon, and so forth, the general tendency was for Northerners to see relevant events in terms of gains for the Union at large or for anti-slavery developments. Southerners, on the other hand, interpreted the same events from their diametrically opposed position -- which favored any confirmations of slave-holding as legitimate and, just as importantly, any increase in the rights of states to determine internal affairs for themselves.
The rich in the south sold cotton to Britain, whereas the rich in the north didn't.
When America sought westward expansion in the 1850s, there were many issues that presented themselves. One major underlying source of tension was slavery and the strife between the North and the South.
The question of slave labor isn America was primarily seen differently by people in he south and north in the 1850s. Most southerners did not give much thought to slavery and accepted it s a way of life. In the north, movements were in place that opposed the extension of slavery.
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between the North and the South so they had the war and then that broke us apart for a while.
By the 1850s, the south and north were becoming more alike.
In 19th century America, the North and the South viewed various political and social events that occurred in the 1850s in a generally opposed fashion. Whether blood was shed due to slavery/anti-slavery tensions, or political legislation was proposed or passed, or threats were made or acted upon, and so forth, the general tendency was for Northerners to see relevant events in terms of gains for the Union at large or for anti-slavery developments. Southerners, on the other hand, interpreted the same events from their diametrically opposed position -- which favored any confirmations of slave-holding as legitimate and, just as importantly, any increase in the rights of states to determine internal affairs for themselves.
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The rich in the south sold cotton to Britain, whereas the rich in the north didn't.
It was more important in the North than the South. (Apex)
By the 1850s, the south and north were becoming more alike.
The South believed they needed slaves and the North was against it. Both sides views became increasingly stronger around 1850.
When America sought westward expansion in the 1850s, there were many issues that presented themselves. One major underlying source of tension was slavery and the strife between the North and the South.
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The question of slave labor isn America was primarily seen differently by people in he south and north in the 1850s. Most southerners did not give much thought to slavery and accepted it s a way of life. In the north, movements were in place that opposed the extension of slavery.