THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
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Question
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Why are some Northerners against slavery?
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#1-Because they think slavery is morally wrong.
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#2-Because they think that slavery takes away their economic opportunities in new states.
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Both #1 and #2
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Neither #1 or #2
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Free blacks in the North endured all kinds of discrimination in the areas of housing, education, and legal rights. In addition, many white Northerners feared that the abolition of slavery might jeopardize their own economic wellbeing.
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.
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