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What development during the 1850s caused northerners to fear that slavery would spread throughout the western territories?
The decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case that the Constitution protected a man's property, including slave property.
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Why northerners favored the wilmot proviso?
Because it would abolish slavery in all of the new territories; territories that were acquired from the Mexican War
Why did the northerners protest Douglas's plan to repeal The Missouri Compromise?
The northerners protests DouglasÕs plan to repeal the Missouri Compromise because it would have made slavery legal in the northern territories. The Missouri Compromise had outlawed slavery in territories and new states above the Missouri Compromise line.
Which group is an example of Northerners who wanted to keep slavery out of the Territories but did not have positive feelings toward African Americans?
Abolitionists
Which group is an example of the northerners who wanted to keep slavery out of the territories but did not have positive feelings toward African Americans?
Abolitionists
How did antislavery northerners hope to prevent slavery in Kansas?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of the U.S. Congress said voters in these territories to choose whether they would allow slavery or not. Thousands of antislavery northerners went into Kansas and voted to forbid slavery, then returned home.
What effect did the did the Mexican war have on the issue of slavery?
The Mexican-American War caused an internal dispute in the United States government over slavery. The Northerners did not want slavery to spread into the new territories if they were annexed into the United States, while the Southerners wanted the territories to have the right to decide.
True are false There were some northerners who believed that if slavery stayed in the south it could be tolerated?
True. There were some northerners who believed that if slavery remained in the South and did not spread to the new territories, it could eventually die out on its own. This viewpoint was known as "free soil" or "free labor" and was held by some abolitionists and moderate opponents of slavery.
How did northerners and southerners view slavery?
Some northerners believed slavery was morally wrong. Southerners believed slavery was an essential part of their lives.
Northerners mostly agreed on what?
Northerners mostly agreed on the importance of preserving the Union and opposing the expansion of slavery into new territories. They believed that allowing slavery to spread would undermine free labor and threaten democratic ideals. Additionally, there was a strong sentiment for civil rights and moral opposition to the institution of slavery itself among many in the North.
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.
Why did some northerners object to dividing the nebraska territory in 2?
Some Northerners objected to dividing the Nebraska Territory into two separate territories because they feared it would promote the expansion of slavery into new western territories. The proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed for popular sovereignty, meaning that settlers in each territory could decide whether to allow slavery. Many Northerners believed this would undermine the Missouri Compromise, which had previously restricted slavery's expansion north of the 36°30' parallel, and they were concerned about the potential political imbalance it could create in Congress.
How did northerners feel about slavery after the Revolutionary War?
Northerners were completely against slavery, and before the Civil War they took their hatred overboard by killing Southerners for their slavery.
