Slavery And Sectionalism Analysis

During the time of 1800 and 1848 multiple political problems arose causing a divide between the north and the south, dividing the nation into two. The north and the south went head to head over every problem making it even harder to come together as one. Two of the major problems that caused conflict were the topics of slavery and sectionalism. Since the country was so unbalanced the question of why was the north able to win over the south arises. The topic of slavery was something that the north and the south just couldn’t agree on. The northern states feared the expansion of slavery because they did not want an imbalance of power in Congress. The south was clearly in favor of the expansion because slavery was their primary source of obtaining their agricultural products. After the Louisiana …show more content…
New states were formed and this was an issue because Congress needed to decide whether these lands would become free or slave states. Northerners felt that slavery was morally wrong and they did not want it to spread into the new part of the nation. Abraham Lincoln once stated, “Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature -- opposition to it is in his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks, and throes, and convulsions must ceaselessly follow. Repeal the Missouri Compromise -- repeal all compromises -- repeal the declaration of independence -- repeal all past history, you still can not repeal human nature. It still will be the abundance of man's heart, that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.” Southerners felt the complete opposite as the