SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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The entire nation was fed up with slavery and believed all men should be treated equally.
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The nation was divided on the issue of slavery.
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Most people did not have any opinion about owning slaves.
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Slave owners were beginning to feel bad for their actions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What can you infer about the slaves from this passage? They often tried to escape. They were easily fooled into liking their masters. They were highly competitive in many areas of slave life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Life on the fields meant working sunup to sundown six days a week and having food sometimes not suitable for an animal to eat. Plantation slaves lived in small shacks with a dirt floor and little or no furniture. Life on large plantations with a cruel overseer was oftentimes the worst.
Detailed explanation-3: -The North wanted to block the spread of slavery. They were also concerned that an extra slave state would give the South a political advantage. The South thought new states should be free to allow slavery if they wanted.
Detailed explanation-4: -All of the issues that divided the nation during the build up to the Civil War, there are four categories they can be classified under: Slavery, Cultural (Social), Economic, and Constitutional (Political). All of these issues led to sectionalism in the United States and pushed the country to the brink of war.