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A radical group of pro-slavery southerners were known as â??Fire-Eatersâ??. They were the politicians urging the southern states to become a separate nation. These individuals did much to weaken the fragility of the Union and made it their goal to create a separate Confederate nation.
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What did the raid on harpers ferry convince southerners of?
Slavery should be abolished
What were people who werent against slavery called?
Most Northerners were not Abolitionists, and there was no particular name for them. As the war went on, the anti-war Democrats were called Copperheads. These were pro-slavery.
The Confederate War effort was hurt by southerners fierce devotion to?
State's rights
How were Douglas and Lincoln different?
Lincoln was anti-slavery and Douglas was pro-slavery. Both men were backed by business interests.
Southerners name during the civil war?
The Confederacy
What was the name for radical pro slavery southerners?
fire eaters
Why would southerners support a pro-slavery government if they did not believe in slavery?
Because slavery was the mainstay of the cotton industry.
What was not used by southerners to justify their pro- slavery ideology?
Declaration of Independence
Was the north the only ones against slavery in the civil war?
No- not all Southerners were pro-slavery, just like not all Northerners were anti-slavery.
Why did southerners dislike Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The book was about slavery and it showed the harsh realities of it. It made the Southerners fear that slavery would be abolished because of it. The pro slavery even made books like Aunt Phillis' Cabin and Uncle Robin in His Cabin in Virginia and One in Boston.
Which argument did pro-slavery southerners use against abolitionists?
Pro-slavery southerners argued that abolitionists threatened their way of life and livelihood by advocating for the end of slavery, which they believed would destabilize society and the economy in the South. They also believed that slaves were inferior and incapable of taking care of themselves without the guidance of their owners, and that abolishing slavery would lead to social chaos.
How did southerners shape their pro-slavery arguments and what were the responses of the abolitionists?
Some of the arguments that pro slavery southerners used were that abolitionists only wanted to free enslaved workers so that they could work in northern factories, where they would get paid low wages, would have to pay for food and shelter, and where it was dangerous.
What does proslavery mean?
Pro-slavery means that you favor slavery, & want it to stay.
How did the southerners feel about the future of slavery in the US?
The Southerners did not feel good about the future 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.
Why did southerners refuse to put Lincoln on the ballot?
The southerners were for slavery, but Lincoln was not. Lincoln would try to abolish slavery.
Did southerners and northerners agree on slavery?
no.
