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How did northerners and southerners differ in their opposition to abolition?
The southerners wanted slavery to end but northerners didn't want that
Why did the southerners secede from the northerners state?
South wanted to keep slaves, north didn't want slavery to continue
How did northerners and southerners disagree over the issue of slavery?
Briefly put, most Southerners wanted to continue the right to own slaves and most Northerners did not like the practice and did not want to see it extended to new states that came into the union. A fairly large number of Northerners were strongly against slavery and wanted to abolish it throughout the country as soon as possible. Some Southerners had objections to slavery but respected the right of others to keep their slaves.
Why did the confederates want the southwest?
Because they wanted to expand slavery and the plantations making them bigger, creating possibility of more money and more dominant slavery union.
Why did the south want to expand slavery to the north?
The south was based off of farming. They had a small scale of land and a low population. They wanted to reach new territories to help promote slavery and farming.
What does proslavery mean?
Pro-slavery means that you favor slavery, & want it to stay.
Where did Southerners want to extend slavery?
Mexico
How did northerners and southerners differ in their opposition to abolition?
The southerners wanted slavery to end but northerners didn't want that
What did the southerners think about slavery?
Many southerners believed that slavery was crucial to their economy and way of life. They defended it as a necessary institution and argued that it was supported by the Bible. Others saw it as a social hierarchy that was beneficial for both slaves and slaveholders.
The Confederacy wanted to abolish slavery?
The Confederacy did not want to abolish slavery. In fact, they wanted to expand slavery into the new territories of the US.
Why did the southerners secede from the northerners state?
South wanted to keep slaves, north didn't want slavery to continue
What was Abraham Lincoln's stand on slavery during the presidential campaign of 1860?
he did not want slavery to expand but he was okay for it to remain in the states that it was legal.
Why did Americans of European descent feel so compelled to expand the country westward?
because they didnt want the colonists to become rich
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.
How did northerners and southerners disagree over the issue of slavery?
Briefly put, most Southerners wanted to continue the right to own slaves and most Northerners did not like the practice and did not want to see it extended to new states that came into the union. A fairly large number of Northerners were strongly against slavery and wanted to abolish it throughout the country as soon as possible. Some Southerners had objections to slavery but respected the right of others to keep their slaves.
Why did the confederates want the southwest?
Because they wanted to expand slavery and the plantations making them bigger, creating possibility of more money and more dominant slavery union.
Why did southerners want perserve slavery?
the workers were needed to tend the fields of cotton, attend to the forests and cattle, and take care of the plantation houses and land
