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Yes - provided that at least half the new states were to be free soil. Hence the Missouri Compromise.
It increased the desire for slaves due to the expanding "Cotton Kingdom". Certain acts had previously banned the addition of new slaves but because of western expansion, there was some disagreement between the North and the South, abolitionists and slave-holders, as to whether or not new slaves were needed.
Manifest destiny motivated white Americans towards Westward Expansion. It was the idea that they were given divine rights to occupy all of North America.
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The people got more land for cheaper than in the north. Hope this helped :)
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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Slavery played a significant role in westward expansion in the United States. The expansion of slavery into new territories and states fueled sectional tensions between the North and South, eventually leading to the American Civil War. The issue of whether new states would allow or prohibit slavery was a major factor in determining the balance of power between the free and slave states, and ultimately the course of westward expansion.
It effected slavery's westward expansion because slavery would'nt be loyal in any territoy North.
African Americans moved to the North (from the South) to areas such as New York during the Great Migration.
Yes - provided that at least half the new states were to be free soil. Hence the Missouri Compromise.
manifest destiny
Westward expansion caused problems between the north and south because, as the states there were becoming free and slave states, disagreements between abolitionists and slave owners grew to tall heights since both wanted their new home to support their ideals. This transferred to the north and south since most northerners wanted the United States to be slave free and most southerners wanted to preserve slavery in order to promote their economical and social status.
what were two key differences between the north's economy and the south's economy?
It increased the desire for slaves due to the expanding "Cotton Kingdom". Certain acts had previously banned the addition of new slaves but because of western expansion, there was some disagreement between the North and the South, abolitionists and slave-holders, as to whether or not new slaves were needed.
The new states became the object of competition for North and South. The North increasingly needed to appease the Abolitionist lobby in Congress. The South wanted more slave-states, to extend its cotton empire, and also to maintain its influence in Congress and prevent it from passing laws that favoured the North.
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