Slavery became the major dividing issue between Northern and Southern states in the U.S. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820, involving the regulation of slavery in the Western territories. This started people taking sides over whether slavery should be abolished altogether, or remain an essential right of the people.
Slavery became the major dividing issue between Northern and Southern states in the U.S. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820, involving the regulation of slavery in the Western territories. This started people taking sides over whether slavery should be abolished altogether, or remain an essential right of the people.
The major issue between southern and northern states was the problem of slavery. The North had abolished it and the South wanted to keep it.
The Federal-State relationship
Southern proslavery arguments did not include the belief that slavery was mandated by the Constitution of the United States. Slavery had been a contentious issue between the North and South since the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
The three-fifths compromise showcased the escalating divisions between Northern and Southern states. The issue was over how slaves would be counted for taxation and legislative purposes.
In the beginning of the Civil War or the War Between the States, the primary issue was about states rights. The southern states did not want the northern states telling them that they could not keep and own slaves. The south felt that the Federal govenment had no right to tell them what to do. So, the short answer to your question would be the issue of states right. Freeing the slaves did not really become the primary issue or objective until later when President Lincoln felt that the Northern states were beginning to tire of war and they needed a bigger incentive to keep fighting.
The major issue between southern and northern states was the problem of slavery. The North had abolished it and the South wanted to keep it.
The issue of admittance to the USA as slave-states or free soil.
There was a major disagreement between the states over representation in Congress.
The American Civil War, or as it is properly known as the War Between the States, was caused by the industiral northern states placing high tariffs on southern agricultural goods such as cotton. The southern states resented this action. Slavery was also an issue even though some northern states held slaves. The two sections of our country could not come to an agreement on either issue and war ensued.
Slavery became the major dividing issue between Northern and Southern states in the U.S. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820, involving the regulation of slavery in the Western territories. This started people taking sides over whether slavery should be abolished altogether, or remain an essential right of the people.
The Commerce Compromise addressed the conflict between Northern businessmen and Southern plantation owners over the issue of tariffs.
The Commerce Compromise addressed the conflict between Northern businessmen and Southern plantation owners over the issue of tariffs.
The Federal-State relationship
The most serious disagreement in the debate between large and small states at the Constitutional Convention was the issue of representation. Small states feared that their voices would be lost if representatives were chosen based on population, while big states didn't think it was fair that the small states would have as much influence as they had.
Southern proslavery arguments did not include the belief that slavery was mandated by the Constitution of the United States. Slavery had been a contentious issue between the North and South since the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
The 1800's major conflict was the Civil War, but that conflict stemmed from the bigger issue of slavery.
Although slavery was used as a catalyst, the central issue of the war between the states was state rights vs, federal rights; the southern states did not want the federal government to have the power nor authority to tell them what to do.