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Why was the slave trade an issue at the constitutional convention?
Slave trade became an important issue during the Constitutional Convention. Southern slaveholders did not want the Congress to take the power over slave trade while controlling foreign affairs. So they only let the Congress have power over trade, excluding slave trade, for next twenty years.
Why was the 1854 Republican Party formed?
The whigs and democrats would not take a strong stand about the slavery issue --1854
What issues did Frederick Douglass take stand on?
Slavery.
What enabled Congress to take control of Reconstruction after 1866?
Congress had enough power to override Johnson's vetoes.
How did abolitionists influence lincoin decision to issue the e maincipation proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation by US President Lincoln was a tactical war decision. As an aside, the Emancipation did not pertain to Union States and Washington DC, which had slavery. The Emancipation was aimed at the Confederate States and carried no weight there, except perhaps for "moral" reasons.
What issue led to the formation of the Republican Party and what stand did the new party take on the issue?
Slavery -jch
What action did congress take to block abolitionist?
Southern members of congress did not want to discuss slavery so they avodided the issue. AND then finally they let it go. yep that's about it hopeyouliklik :):):):):)
Abolitionists influenced Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation by?
pressuring him to take a stand on slavery
Why was slavery so important in 2008?
Because with that issue kept alive, blacks do not have to take responsibility for their own lives.
What caused northerners to take part in the issue of slavery against their will?
The Secession and the Confederate attack against Fort Sumter.
What issue did Lincoln take up at the time of his presidential campaign and first inauguration in 1861?
The overwhelming issue in 1860 and 1861 was slavery and later the secession of several Southern states.
If slavery began in this country in 1619 why did it take 200 years to became such a divisive issue?
Slavery has been around for hundreds of years and still exists in some parts of the world today. It became a divisive issue in the 1800's because of the abolitionist movement in the North.
What action did the colonists take in September of 1774 in response to their issue with Britain?
Representatives from twelve colonies met at a Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Why were the compromises ineffective in resolving the issue of expansion of slavery to the territories?
The compromises were infective in resolving the issue of slavery for a number of reasons. For one, popular sovereignty allowed those within the border states to decide whether they wanted slavery or not. Since the decision was not federally mandated, free soil partisans and border ruffians often clashed over the issue of slavery. This was especially true in Kansas, which became a hotbed for abolitionist and pro-slavery groups. It would literally take a 4 year Civil War to help free the slaves in the border states and throughout the rest of the country.
What role did slavery take in Ghana?
what role did slavery take in ghana
In the 1848 election why were wigs and Democrats forced to take a stand on slavery?
The slavery-related issue in 1848 had to do with westward expansion. The United States had just acquired a huge part of Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War. That land would eventually be divided into territories, and the territories would eventually be granted statehood. Most people were concerned about whether they would become slave states or free states.
Why did slavery not take room in the north?
Because Northerner's were not into slavery
