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Slavery in the southern colonies increased after the invention of the cotton gin. This invention made plantation agriculture extremely lucrative; slavery was abolished in 1865.
Northern States Moved toward Emancipation of their slave and most southern states resticted the importation of salves.. -Sirchain *I am not sure what the correct answer is, but i felt the need to inform anyone reading this answer that it is wrong; Southern states made no moves to restrict the importation of slaves and the Northern States did not see slavery as a major issue at this point in history. -Sephcmc
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.
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.
Virginia legislature
Virginia Legislature
The southern colonies major economic activity was farming and a lot of slavery!!
Slavery in the southern colonies increased after the invention of the cotton gin. This invention made plantation agriculture extremely lucrative; slavery was abolished in 1865.
A decision on slavery and a debate on states rights versus federal rights.
Northern States Moved toward Emancipation of their slave and most southern states resticted the importation of salves.. -Sirchain *I am not sure what the correct answer is, but i felt the need to inform anyone reading this answer that it is wrong; Southern states made no moves to restrict the importation of slaves and the Northern States did not see slavery as a major issue at this point in history. -Sephcmc
The North and South debate over slavery.
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 southern states were apposed to the abolishment of slave trade and slavery. This one of the major reason for the escalation of the war.
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.
Rice was not a cash crop for the southern colonies but tobacco, indigo, and corn wheat were. In addition, perhaps the biggest cash crop grown in the southern colonies was cotton. The South grew to rely so heavily on cotton and the money it generated that it began to direct their society, leading to the Southern dependence on slavery.