Proponents of allowing slavery in the western states included Southern politicians and slaveholders who sought to expand slavery into new territories acquired from the Mexican-American War and other sources. They believed that allowing slavery would promote economic growth and ensure the political power of slaveholding states. Key figures such as Senator John C. Calhoun advocated for the protection of slaveholding interests in these regions, arguing that it was essential for their way of life and economic interests.
John Calhoun of South Carolina (the 7th Vice President of the US) was among the Southerners who resisted Northern efforts to introduce abolitionist laws in Congress. He died in 1850, just as the anti-slavery movement was growing. The Southerners wanted slavery to move to the western territories. They wanted their already booming economy to be spread into the new states. However, they reached conflict with the Northerners who were not in favor of slavery. The Kansas- Nebraska Act allowed the citizens to vote whether or not they were for slavery caused major problems. This increased tensions between the opposing states. Before Abraham Lincoln's election, the country struggled on the issue of secession. When he took office in 1861, things reached their breaking point and the first Southern states seceded.
Slavery played a significant role in westward expansion in the United States. The expansion of slavery into new territories and states fueled sectional tensions between the North and South, eventually leading to the American Civil War. The issue of whether new states would allow or prohibit slavery was a major factor in determining the balance of power between the free and slave states, and ultimately the course of westward expansion.
Kansas became a battleground over the slavery question due to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. This led to significant migration of both pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers into Kansas, resulting in violent clashes known as "Bleeding Kansas." The conflict highlighted the deep national divisions over slavery and foreshadowed the larger national crisis that would culminate in the Civil War.
The renewed debate over slavery in the West was primarily fueled by the westward expansion of the United States and the question of whether new territories should allow slavery. The acquisition of lands through events like the Mexican-American War intensified these discussions, as both pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions sought to influence the status of slavery in these regions. This conflict was further exacerbated by the introduction of the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed settlers to decide on the legality of slavery, leading to violent confrontations known as "Bleeding Kansas." Ultimately, these tensions contributed significantly to the political and social divisions that escalated into the Civil War.
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Well the South relied on slavery. It was mostly farming. the north didn't need slavery . it was mostly factories. and there were states being made .the south wanted those states to allow slavery. the north did not want those new states to allow slavery. Then came the civil war.
It means that the states got to vote on wether or not they wanted to allow slavery.
States that didn't allow slavery were called Free States.
Because Lincoln had refused to allow any extension of slavery into the new Western states. So the South was doomed to be outvoted in Congress every time.
John Calhoun of South Carolina (the 7th Vice President of the US) was among the Southerners who resisted Northern efforts to introduce abolitionist laws in Congress. He died in 1850, just as the anti-slavery movement was growing. The Southerners wanted slavery to move to the western territories. They wanted their already booming economy to be spread into the new states. However, they reached conflict with the Northerners who were not in favor of slavery. The Kansas- Nebraska Act allowed the citizens to vote whether or not they were for slavery caused major problems. This increased tensions between the opposing states. Before Abraham Lincoln's election, the country struggled on the issue of secession. When he took office in 1861, things reached their breaking point and the first Southern states seceded.
maintain political power by ensuring that new states admitted to the Union would allow slavery, preserve the economic benefits of slavery for the southern plantation system, and protect the social hierarchy that relied on slavery for labor. This desire to expand slavery into western territories ultimately fueled tensions between the North and South, leading to the American Civil War.
States that permitted slavery were known as slave states. States that did not permit slavery were known as free states.
John Calhoun of South Carolina (the 7th Vice President of the US) was among the Southerners who resisted Northern efforts to introduce abolitionist laws in Congress. He died in 1850, just as the anti-slavery movement was growing. The Southerners wanted slavery to move to the western territories. They wanted their already booming economy to be spread into the new states. However, they reached conflict with the Northerners who were not in favor of slavery. The Kansas- Nebraska Act allowed the citizens to vote whether or not they were for slavery caused major problems. This increased tensions between the opposing states. Before Abraham Lincoln's election, the country struggled on the issue of secession. When he took office in 1861, things reached their breaking point and the first Southern states seceded.
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The Kansas-Nebraska allowed the citizens of these two states to vote as to whether to allow slavery. The Republicans wanted to disallow slavery in all new states. Many wanted to abolish slavery in all the states, but this was not in their platform.
The Northern States were against slavery because they didn't see it as a humane form of labor, and didn't need slavery as their main form of labor was industrial. The Southern States wanted to keep slavery as a form of agricultural labor so they left the United States to form the succeeded states aka the Confederate States of America. New york was a slavery state even it was at north
No the Civil War was not necessary but they started it when Abe Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery but the 11 states wanted to secede or leave the Union (Northerners) so they could have their own laws and to have slavery and to have Slaves to work on the masters plantations but Abe didn't allow it so the 11 states seceded and then they only had 23 states and the Southerner's only had 11 states left