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Why did it matter how many slave or free states there were in the US?
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∙ 11y ago
Because the two sections had conflicting interests, and if either side dominated Congress, new laws would tend to favour that side at the expense of the other.
For thirty years, following the Missouri Compromise, it was thought desirable to keep the numbers of slave-states and free states equal. By the time the new territories from Mexico were coming up for statehood, Abolitionist opinion in the North had grown stronger, and it was getting more difficult to create new slave-states.
So the South felt threatened, and believed that its cotton wealth would be enough to support a breakaway nation.
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How many free states existed in 1850?
18 states were free states, 15 states were slave states 33 states overall
The biggest reason for compromises on the slave issue during the civil war?
too many Slave states being added to the Union
Did the border states have slaves?
Yes. These were the four slave-states of the Upper South that had voted to stay loyal. Lincoln did not want to upset powerful slave-owners in these states and drive them into the arms of the Confederacy, so he allowed slavery to continue there for the duration of the war. IMPROVEMENT The Border States had altogether 430 929 slaves.
Name the Southern states of the US Civil that bordered Northern free states?
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT MANY STATES JOINED THE SOUTHERN STATES. MANY JOINED THE NORTHERN STATES !
How many slave states remained in the Union and fought against the Confederacy in the Civil War?
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were four slave states that did not secede from the Union. West Virginia, another slave state, seceded from Virginia and joined the Union during the Civil War. it was 4 that didn't secede from the union.
How many free and slave states were there?
15 slave states and 19 free states during the American Civil War
In 1819 before the Missouri Compromise how many free states were there and how many slave states?
In America there was 11 free states and 11 slave states, before the compromise.
How many slave states were there in the 1849?
15 free states
How many slave states were there after the Missouri compromise?
There were 12 slave states after the Missouri Compromise.
How many free slave states were there In 1850?
15
How many free and slave states where there at the end of slavery?
If its the end of slavery then all of the states were free
How many free states existed in 1850?
18 states were free states, 15 states were slave states 33 states overall
How many slave states were there?
There were49,Because one of the states was Free
What did the kansas-Nebraska act eliminate?
The conflict over too many slave states or too many free states.
How many states were slave states in 1850?
There were fifteen slave states,
How many slave states were in the US in 1820?
there were 12 free states and 12 slave states.
How many slave states were there in 1837?
In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.
