JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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Most growth in the slave population occurred in western states when Congress banned the slave trade
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Northern states banned slavery while southern states continued to import additional people as slaves.
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After the import ban, northern states implemented a gag rule to avoid an expansion of slavery into western territories and states.
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As the slave population continued to expand, southern states grew more economically dependent on slavery and acted to silence criticism
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Detailed explanation-1: -The issue of slavery was finally resolved when the North refused to compromise, and in 1865 the American people ratified the 13th amendment, abolishing slavery within the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Former slaves would now be classified as “labor, ” and hence the labor stock would rise dramatically, even on a per capita basis. Either way, abolishing slavery made America a much more productive, and hence richer country.
Detailed explanation-3: -Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America’s southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nevertheless, slavery received important protections in the Constitution. The notorious three-fifths clause-which counted three-fifths of a state’s slave population in apportioning representation-gave the South extra representation in the House of Representatives and extra votes in the Electoral College.