USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

COMPROMISE OF 1850

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False?Most northerners were against slavery while southerners favored slavery.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Southerners claimed that enslaved people were healthier and happier than northern wage workers. Most white northerners viewed blacks as inferior. Northern states severly limited the rights of free African Americans and discouraged or prevented the migration of more.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most northerners did not doubt that black people were inferior to whites, but they did doubt the benevolence of slavery. The voices of Northern abolitionists, such as Boston editor and publisher William Lloyd Garrison, became increasingly violent.

Detailed explanation-3: -It never attracted many followers; only two percent of northerners were abolitionists, and white southerners rejected the movement. Despite their small numbers, the abolitionists had a profound influence on the debate over slavery in the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting to end slavery. Throughout this time, northern black men had continued to pressure the army to enlist them. A few individual commanders in the field had taken steps to recruit southern African Americans into their forces.

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