They were not prepared for the courts desicion, and they were shocked and oposed it because they wanted to choose if they were a free state or a slave state. The court decided that dred Scott was not free and he was African American so he was not a citizen and could not sue. When they lived lived in free stated they were not actually pronounced "free". southerners were okay with it but northerners were upset and shocked because they wanted to fight for freedom of slaves. Abe Lincoln spoke out for the slaves.
Northerners favored it because it banned slavery in the land obtained from Mexico, aka the Mexican Cession, thus making another step toward abolishing slavery. They supported this so much, that antislavery northerners created a new party, known as the Free- Soil Party, which supported the Wilmot Proviso. Southerners, however, opposed it, and wanted more land that allows slavery.
The majority of white southerners did. Blacks anywhere between 1860 and 1930's strongly supported the Republican Party.
Scalawags were southerners who helped during Reconstruction and carpetbaggers were northerners who went south to help with Reconstruction. a helpful hint to remember which is which is to remember that scalawags and southerners both start with 's'.
at the time there was a party called the whigs. Then later he joined the republicans
1. A sectional dispute over the extension of slavery into the western territories. 2.The breakdown of the political party system. 3. Growing cultural differences in the views and lifestyles of southerners and northerners. 4. Intensifying emotional and ideological polarization between the two regions over losing their way of life and sacred republican rights at the hands of the other.
scalawags :)
The easiest i can put this is the North was the Republicans and the South was the Democrats. And the Whig party didnt exist anymore, it eventualy formed into the Republican party as seen above.
The republican party began over the expansion of slavery. Thia party was composed of mainly northerners and was one of the two major political parties in our countries history.
Many Southerners were drawn to the Republican Party by of its emphasis on economic development. Their fiscal policy was that of hard money, high tariffs, high wages, and high profits.
they wold allow slaves
Northerners tended to support the Federalists while southerners and westerners tended to support the Democratic-Republicans.
Republican
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants - WASPS
southerners who joined the Republican Party and they wanted the South to industrialize as quickly as possible
They viewed them as very dirty and rude and they just didn't like them. The Northerners often dressed much better and were more mannered.
Scalawags-white Southerners who joined the party-were mostly former Unionists Carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved South after the war to reform Southern society or to make a fortune. The third group was African Americans eager to vote
Scalawags-white Southerners who joined the party-were mostly former Unionists Carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved South after the war to reform Southern society or to make a fortune. The third group was African Americans eager to vote