It made it look as though the Abolitionists were in favour of violent insurrection, confirming the worst fears of the South.
After this, there could be no more rational debate on the slavery issue. War was on its way.
The South identified Abolitionism with violent revolution.
Racial tensions increased in Northern cities during and after World War I due to migration. Not only were poor blacks fleeing tenant farming and Jim Crow laws in the south, but southern whites were as well. They all came north to find jobs in the cities, causing them to mingle and fight for the limited jobs and housing available. The tensions grew leading to riots in some cities.
The Wilmot Proviso, which was one one event that lead up to the American Civil War, would have banned slavery in new territories and land.
The French and Indian War was primarily a result of tensions between British colonists and the French, along with their respective Native American allies. The conflict arose over territorial disputes in North America, particularly in the Ohio River Valley, as both the British and French sought to expand their influence and control over the land. The war ultimately reflected broader imperial rivalries between Britain and France.
As the US, among other nations, sought to abolish slavery, the South still depended on slave labor for their agriculture. In the North, manufacturing had become the dominant form of commerce.For some, the issue was whether a state had a right to continue slavery, or any other form of activity to which the federal government objected, within its own borders. Ultimately, the Southern states chose to secede rather than give up their rights, leading to the Civil War.
It made Southerners identify Abolitionism with violent revolution.
by making it harder to get jobs.
It actually did not. Please check your question carefully!
For the most part most Americans, both North and South, saw the Brown slave revolution as being radical and dangerous. Brown was a martyr to radical abolitionists, but for most Americans, Brown's violence was madness.
For the most part most Americans, both North and South, saw the Brown slave revolution as being radical and dangerous. Brown was a martyr to radical abolitionists, but for most Americans, Brown's violence was madness.
For the most part most Americans, both North and South, saw the Brown slave revolution as being radical and dangerous. Brown was a martyr to radical abolitionists, but for most Americans, Brown's violence was madness.
It increased tensions further between the North and the South
The South identified Abolitionism with violent revolution.
The South identified Abolitionism with violent revolution.
For the most part most Americans, both North and South, saw the Brown slave revolution as being radical and dangerous. Brown was a martyr to radical abolitionists, but for most Americans, Brown's violence was madness.
The north opposed slavery; the south supported it. The north and the south began to argue about what state would be a free state and what state would be a slave state.
Who worked out to reduce tensions between the north and south over the admission of new states?