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because crops would fail, it would be hard toget sugar etc. because crops would fail, it would be hard toget sugar etc.

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Q: Southern leaders did not want to abolish slavery because?
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Why did southern states refused to abolish slavery?

Because their economy relied on the slaves to pick cotton


What happened when Southern States refused to abolish slavery?

Civil War


Before they could join the union southern states had to?

... abolish slavery.


Where did Abraham Lincoln travel to?

he traveled to the Southern States to abolish slavery.


What stirred discord between the north and south?

The election of 1860, in which the ardent abolitionist Abraham Lincoln was elected enraged the southern states because they feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery.


What year did New York abolish slavery?

they abolished slavery in the northern united states in 1861 and in the southern united states slavery was abolished in 1865.


Why was the 13th Amendment pass?

It was passed to abolish (get rid of) slavery.


What were Lincoln's views and beliefs on emancipation?

At first, when he became President, he did not want to abolish slavery like the southern states thought, he just wanted slavery from spreading westward. Then later, he changed his mind and decided he was going to abolish slavery.


What was the bill name that called for southern states to abolish slavery?

Well, there wasn't a BILL that was passed to abolish slavery. There was the Emancipation Proclamation which said that all slaves living in the Southern states were free. Slavery didn't officially become abolished until the passing of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution.


How did the results of the election of 1848 lead to the civil war?

southern plantation owners were angry because president Abraham Lincoln had promised to abolish slavery


Johnson's plan for Reconstruction required Southern legislatures to do what?

abolish slavery and ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.


Johnson's plan for Reconstruction required Southern legislatures to?

abolish slavery and ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.