The plantation needed a source of inexpensive labor.
The plantation system of the south had been built on slavery, in many Southerners feared that their economy couldn't survive without it.
Northerners became more opposed to slavery on moral grounds and for financial reasons, and Southerners defended it more and more as an institution, in large part because their economy was almost fully dependent on slavery.
Southern plantation owners feared the Missouri Compromise would limit the expansion of slavery, and eventually the institution of slavery itself.
Differing opinions on slavery, and especially the expansion of slavery, were huge factors in the start of the Civil War. When a free state was added to the Union in 1865, it was essentially the last straw for the South, and they decided that it was time to rebel.
The northerners felt slavery was bad, although they bought cotton from the south that the slaves made. The southerners felt slavery was very useful to make and sell goods.
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The main reason that Southerners opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln was his opposition to the expansion of slavery.
The plantation system of the south had been built on slavery, in many Southerners feared that their economy couldn't survive without it.
by arguing that some people were created to rule others.
It was formed by anti-slavery activists committed to the opposition of the expansion of slavery into the territories.
The Southerners did not feel good about the future of slavery
Northerners became more opposed to slavery on moral grounds and for financial reasons, and Southerners defended it more and more as an institution, in large part because their economy was almost fully dependent on slavery.
It was formed by anti-slavery activists committed to the opposition of the expansion of slavery into the territories.
Some northerners believed slavery was morally wrong. Southerners believed slavery was an essential part of their lives.
Southern plantation owners feared the Missouri Compromise would limit the expansion of slavery, and eventually the institution of slavery itself.
The issue of expansion of slavery was its expansion and growth into Western territories.
The southerners were for slavery, but Lincoln was not. Lincoln would try to abolish slavery.