They feared the new acquired territories would undermine the delicate balance between slave and non-slave states. They tried to ban slavery on the new territories by introducing the Wilmot Proviso (1846). However, many of these territories were already pro-slavery, including New Mexico and Texas. This unresolved issue was one of the main reasons of the American Civil War (1861-1865).
About 1/5 of all northerners
Happiness in the north
my mom
northerners who opposed the war . !
Northerners who opposed the Civil War.
Northerners were completely against slavery, and before the Civil War they took their hatred overboard by killing Southerners for their slavery.
The Union
carpetbaggers
To end the war.
Many Northerners went to the South after the Civil War to buy land, because it was very inexpensive. They were known as Carpetbaggers.
northerners who came to the south after the civil war
they wanted to abolish slavery