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To try to maintain their voting power in Congress.

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What did the North and South want in the Mexican American War?

They both wanted expansion, but the South wanted to extend slavery into the West.


How did the north and the south differ in their ideas about extending slavery?

the north didnt want slavery but the south want slavery


What generalization can you make about the abolition of slavery in the south?

They did not want slavery in the south they wanted to be apart of slavery.


Did the west want slavery?

yes


What divided the North and the South in the 1850s?

# North # South # West


What generalization can you make about the abolition of slaverys in the south?

They did not want slavery in the south they wanted to be apart of slavery.


Why didn't the south want slavery?

I believe you are a bit mixed up. The South wanted slavery.


Did the north want slavery?

No. North wanted to end slavery and south wanted slavery


What generalization can you make about the abolition of slavery in the north?

In the North they did not want Slavery , and in the South they wanted to be apart of Slavery ,


What is the cause of the Civil War?

There are many causes to the civil war one was slavery becasue the south wanted to cede from the union so that they could have slavery.


Why did south want slavery?

to show spite to the North


What was the souths view on slavery?

Most citizens of the American West were relatively ambivalent about the issue, but since much of the West was too far North to have massive cotton plantations, the West did not have many slaves. As a result, they did not fight to prevent anti-slavery or pro-slavery laws and typically served as a mediating influence between the North and the South.