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What were the Northern and Southern positions in the Constitutional Convention on outlawing slave trade?
this is off my book so... northerners agreed that congress could not outlaw the slave trade for at least 20 years. after that, congress could regulate the slave trade if it wished. northerners also agreed that no state could stop a fugitive slave from being returned to and owner who claimed that slave.
Why did the northerners oppose the kansas-nebraska act?
Because it could have allowed some new slave-states in the West.
What did the northerners mean when they refereed to slave power?
When the USA was formed, it was the southern states which had the power and as such, much of what they wanted at the time they got. The agrarian south depended on slave labor so slavery wasn't abolished at the time. So slave power could either mean the political power of the South or the slaves they had doing their labor. A power shift wouldn't occur until the 1820's with the advent of industrialization.
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the south?
By passing the Fugitive Slave Act, which forced Northerners to report anyone who looked like a runaway slave. The Northern public greatly resented this.
Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 most upset or angered Northerners?
The Fugitive Slave Act. It turned ordinary citizens into unpaid slave-catchers, and provoked Harriet Beecher Stowe into writing 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
What did northerners fear the southern slave owners will do?
Northerners feared that southern slave owners would expand slavery into new territories, leading to political and economic conflicts. They were also concerned about the influence of pro-slavery forces in the national government and the potential spread of slave labor competition in free states.
What did the northerners dislike about fugitive slave law of 1850?
Northerners, especially abolitionists, disliked the 'Bloodhound Law' as it required escaped slaves to be returned to their masters even if they were found in a free state. Northerners worried that the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of a vast conspiracy of the southern plantation elite.
What did the northerners fear southerners slave owners might do?
Northerners feared that Southern slave owners might expand slavery into new territories and states, potentially increasing the political power of slave states and threatening the balance of power between free and slave states in the United States. They also feared that the economic interests of Southern slave owners would dominate national policies, leading to the spread of slavery in the country.
Ask us did Northerners fear Southern slave owners might do?
Northerners feared that Southern slave owners might expand slavery into new territories, threatening the balance of power in Congress. They also feared that the economic and social power of Southern slave owners would continue to grow, potentially affecting the rights of free citizens in the North. Additionally, there were concerns about the morality of owning human beings as property.
What were the Northern and Southern positions in the Constitutional Convention on outlawing slave trade?
this is off my book so... northerners agreed that congress could not outlaw the slave trade for at least 20 years. after that, congress could regulate the slave trade if it wished. northerners also agreed that no state could stop a fugitive slave from being returned to and owner who claimed that slave.
Why did Northern and southern disagree on the annexation of Texas?
Southerners favored the annexation of Texas, but Northerners objected that Texas would add another slave state to the Union.
What did northerners fear southerners slave owners might do?
Use slave labor to take over Northern industries...jrc
what concerned northerners about the way of life of southern slave owners?
they worried that the low labor costs of the South would hurt the North's economic power
What do northerners fear southerners slave owners might do?
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The profitable southern slave system?
hobbled the economic development of the region as a whole
How were northerners tied to the slave system economically?
They wanted to hold on to the cotton revenues, which were over 50% of the exports of the USA. And slavery was the mainstayof the cotton industry.
Why Northerners against annexing Texas?
They did not want another slave state.
