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Southern states voted against the Homestead Act primarily because they relied heavily on slave labor for their agricultural economy and feared that the act would encourage free labor and settlement in the West, undermining their social and economic systems. They were concerned that granting land to settlers would lead to the expansion of free states and threaten the institution of slavery. Additionally, many Southern leaders believed that the act would benefit Northern interests at the expense of the South.
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How did Southern states restrict African Americans politically?
ANSWER:The Southern states denied African-Americans the right to vote.
What did the northern states gain by agreeing to postpone a vote on ending the slave trade?
The northern states sacrifice to postpone a vote on ending the slave trade gained the southern states to aggree on the three-fiths compromise.
What affect did African Americans vote have on the election of 1868?
The Black vote in the South plus the fact that many whites were not allowed to vote because they had taken an active part against the union allowed Grant to win 6 Southern states that he would have lost , but he still had enough votes to win without them,
Why was the three fifth compromise included in the constitution?
To get both the northern and southern states to agree to it. The southern states wanted slaves counted in the population for determining representation in Congress (even though slaves couldn't vote). The northern states wanted them excluded.
Who held the right to vote in the southern colonies?
THe hopless lozzas held the right to vote in the southern colonies
How did Southern states restrict African Americans politically?
ANSWER:The Southern states denied African-Americans the right to vote.
African Americans voting?
When the 15th amendment was ratified, it gave African Americans men the legal right to vote as a United States citizen. The southern states fought against allow the men to vote until the Voting Rights Act was put into place.
What was the argument of the states that wanted to secede?
The president recieved no electrocal vote from Southern states in the election
What was an argument of the states that wanted to secede?
The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election
What was the southern states attempting to do by passing the grandfather clause?
They were trying to prevent black southern men from being able to vote.
What did southern states require from African American voters?
Nothing. They didn't let them vote.
Why were southerners outraged about the outcome of the election of 1860?
Because President Abraham Lincoln had won without getting a single vote from the southern states.
How did Popular Sovereignty end slavery?
by allowing states to vote against it
What did the northern states gain by agreeing to postpone a vote on ending the slave trade?
The northern states sacrifice to postpone a vote on ending the slave trade gained the southern states to aggree on the three-fiths compromise.
Why did grant win several southern states in the election of 1868?
the union troops allowed the African Americans to vote in large groups in the south and as a result of that Grant won the vote of six southern state
How many states have to vote against an amendment to prevent it from being accepted?
13.
What affect did African Americans vote have on the election of 1868?
The Black vote in the South plus the fact that many whites were not allowed to vote because they had taken an active part against the union allowed Grant to win 6 Southern states that he would have lost , but he still had enough votes to win without them,
