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Why did southern states refused to abolish slavery?
Because their economy relied on the slaves to pick cotton
Before they could join the union southern states had to?
... abolish slavery.
Why did southerners refuse to put Lincoln on the ballot?
The southerners were for slavery, but Lincoln was not. Lincoln would try to abolish slavery.
Where did Abraham Lincoln travel to?
he traveled to the Southern States to abolish slavery.
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.
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.
Why did the Framers not abolish slavery when they wote the constitution?
Slavery was economically and culturally entrenched in the southern states in the late eighteenth century. The southern States would not have supported the ratification of the Constitution if it had called for the end of slavery.
Why did southern states not industrialize?
Because they refused to give up slavery
Who would be most threatened by moves to abolish slavery?
The southern cotton producing states were the most threatened by slavery. They would lose cheap labor if slavery was abolished.
