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What drew a line north of which any new states would be free states and the south of which any new states would be slave states?
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Why was it important to have a equal number of slave states and free states?
Because the South feared being permanentlyoutvoted in Congress, which would thenpass laws that favoured the North.
What issue divided north and south in 1850?
The vast new territories acquired from Mexico - which ones would be slave-states, and which ones would be free soil.
What was the North's and South's greatest advantages during proclamation?
The South was free to ignore the Proclamation, since Lincoln had no authority over the slave-states in rebellion. The North would benefit, because Britain and France were no longer free to aid the South (it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.)
How the did the war with Mexico's provoke disagreement between the north and the south?
Because it added vast new territories to the USA, and there was disgreement over which of these would be slave-states and which would be free soil.
What was Abraham Lincoln talking about in his a house divides speech?
Lincoln was saying that the division into free and slave states could not endure within the United States.
Did The Missouri Compromise draw a line north of which any new states would be free states and south of which any new states would be slave states?
Almost. South of the line, new states could be slave states, but did not have to be.
Which of the following drew a line north of which any new states would be free states and south of which any states would be slave states?
Your question incomplete. The answer is the Missouri Compromise. It did not actually decree that states to the South of the line would be slave-states. But slavery would be legal there.
What drew a line north of which any new states would any free states and south of which any new states would be slave states?
Missouri compromise
What document drew a line north of which any new states would be free states and south of which any new states would be slave states?
missouri compromise
Why did the states in the north be concerned about Missouri entering as a slave state?
Northerners opposed Missouri's entrance as a slave state because slave states would have more senators in Congress than the free states would. It would give the South a bigger voting presence in Congress. This issue was the basic cause of the Civil War.
What of the following drew a line north of which any new states would be free states and south of which any new states would be slave states?
Missouri's Southern border.
Why did the free states and the slave states argue over the spread of slavery to new states territories?
Because the South was finding it harder to get Congress to agree to new slave-states. So the South was going to be increasingly outvoted in Congress, and the new laws would tend to favour the North over the South.
What were the names of three slave states?
The names of three slave states are South Carolina, North Carolina, and GeorgiaPS: there's more than this and all the states in the south were where slaves worked and if they ran the would get badly injury and die.........FLORIDA TENNESSEEMISSISSIPPIARKANSASWEST VIRGINIAVIRGINIALOUISIANAKENTUCKY
What was the debate between north and south over continued slave population?
It was mainly about the new states opening up to the West - where it was getting more difficult to create new slave-states. This meant that Congress would become Northern-dominated, and would tend to pass laws favourable to the North, at the expense of the South.
How did the emancipation proclamation affect the north and the south?
The South believed that US President Lincoln was attempting to start a slave revolt in the South which would have been damaging and cost many lives both slave and Southern lives. Lincoln was not trying to do that however. His goal was to allow slaves freed when Union troops invading slave states in the Confederacy to migrate North and also to serve in the Union military. ( this was later on )In the North four states were slave states. These were Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware. Slave owners in these states were uncomfortable with Lincoln's proclamation and slaves in these border states were surely confused.
Why did seceding states believed they had to leave the union?
Because Lincoln's election as President meant there would be no new slave-states. So the South would always be outvoted in Congress, which would tend to pass laws that favoured the North over the South.Because Lincoln had won the election of 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. So the South was doomed to be outvoted in Congress.
Why was it important to have a equal number of slave states and free states?
Because the South feared being permanentlyoutvoted in Congress, which would thenpass laws that favoured the North.
