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it increased tentions over the issue of slavery across the united states
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
slavery
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it increased tentions over the issue of slavery across the united states
It means that Brown's death split the country down the middle on the slavery issue.
the issue of slavery became important again in 1850. At that time, california requested to join the union as a free state.
The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took the opposite viewpoints
slavery
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Politicizing slavery as a national and a sectional issue
It increased fears in the South of a slave uprising, and may have contributed to the Southern states' seceding from the Union. Second answer. The South did not fear a slave revolution. In fact during the US Civil War, there were no massive attempts to escape to the North and the possibility was there, without a doubt. Most Americans did not approve of violence on the slavery issue.
It made the issue even more prevalent. People had the decision to make a state free or a slave state.
The decision had a significant impact on the issue of slavery as it further entrenched the practice by allowing it in new territories. It intensified tensions between free states and slave states, ultimately contributing to the outbreak of the Civil War.
No it was not an issue their!
The fear that slavery would spread into new territories