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Bookmark or Share- political history - Why was it necessary to maintain a balance of power ...Because every state was entitled to two senators regardless of size or population, the upper chamber allowed the less populous South approximately equal power to the North. It was thus "necessary" to preserve the balance of power in the Senate because otherwise, the slave states feared, they would be unable to prevent Northern, free, states ...
- united states - Why did the north and south struggle to control the ...Kansas was going to end up a free state regardless. This political disaster elevated Free Soilers (and others) into a new major party, the Republicans, dedicated to locking slavery out of any new territory. The strength of this party in the North and the fact that many Northern Democratic voters weren't interested in new slave states either ...
- Why did Lincoln's election prompt the Southern states to secede?April, 1860 the U.S. House votes to admit Kansas under the Wyandotte Constitution (free state) November 6, 1860 Lincoln is elected; November 10, 1860 South Carolina leads 11 states into succession freeing the senate deadlock to admit Kansas. January 29, 1861 Kansas enters the Union as a free state; March 4, 1861 Lincoln's inauguration (when he ...
- Free states and slave states - how did that work?Vermont was the eighth free state, and Kentucky and Tennessee the seventh and eighth slave state. As long as the "U.S." was just east of the Mississippi River, one could expect that Ohio, Indiana and Illinois would be free, while the future Missisippi, Alabama, and Florida would be slave. The Louisiana Purchase changed all that.
- Why was Kentucky not admitted to the Union in 1789?Kentucky was part of Virginia. The Virginia legislature separated Kentucky from the state in 1789 in preparation for it to be entered into the union as an independent state. Kentucky's entry into the Union is what allowed Vermont to enter into the union and visa versa. It was all about preserving the slave and free state equilibrium.
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