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They had large numbers of slaves... if that's what you're looking for. The Compromise of 1850 led to the Fugitive Slave Act, and that tightened the control of any runaway slave. Also, even when the slave tradewas stopped, the practice of slavery wasn't. Therefore, many slave owners bred the slaves they had a lot more rigorously than they would have if slaves were still being imported. because of that, the number of new slaves every year increased.
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Which best describes the cultures in the Northern and Southern states by the 1850s?
By the 1850s, the south and north were becoming more alike.
Staring in the 1890s where did large numbers of immigrants come from?
south america
When was the South was totally committed to a society based on cotton and slavery.?
1850s
What best describes how the north and the south differed economically in the mid-1850s?
The rich in the south sold cotton to Britain, whereas the rich in the north didn't.
What was an underlying source of tension in westward expansion during the 1850s?
When America sought westward expansion in the 1850s, there were many issues that presented themselves. One major underlying source of tension was slavery and the strife between the North and the South.
