As you grew up have you ever wonder was North and South equal and how was slavery?
Before 1850 there was an equal number of slave and free state. The Compromise of 1850 was introduced into Congress by Henry Clay. The Compromise gave some satisfaction to both North and South. The bill was passed after it was divided into several parts. The compromise included a strict fugitive slave law it required northerns to return escaped slaves to their owner. The Southerners wanted to secede the union because Abraham Lincoln became president, the north had more soldiers, and the book Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Firstly, did you ever think Abraham Lincoln would become president but Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States. In Document 5 its says ¨Abraham lincoln who declared ¨government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free…” is elected president.” This shows that The South wanted to secede the Union because Abraham Lincoln would have made changes that the South wouldn’t approve of. Abraham Lincoln became president the southerners didn't like it so they decide to secede the Union. …show more content…
It showed people how evil slavery was. In document 4 its says ¨Abolitionists wanted to end slavery and some helped slaves escaped to the North and Canada. The southerners believed they were stealing their property.” This shows that the southerners wanted to secede the Union because the North was stealing what made the South angry. Also the book started to make more abolitionists. Uncle Tom's Cabin became a bestseller just not to the southerners. This book made people hate slavery. But at one point made Southerners believed that people were stealing their property so they decide to secede the