Question

How did slavery influence the politics of the Northern and Southern states?

Answer 1

It caused the southern states to attempt to seceded with caused the northern states to actually formulate territories into states to attempt to remain as a larger group of states than the slave ones

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Answer 2

Slavery in the United States and its Influence on Political and Economic Development until 1865. The politics of race and slavery directly shaped both political and economic development in both Northern and Southern states. Slavery that became almost exclusively confined to the black race by the end of the 19th century caused serious tensions between the North and South which in turn led to the American Civil War.

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