Question

Identify the main reason why the South wanted to keep slavery.(1840 to 1900)

Answer 1

Their way of life strive using the slave system. Without it, they believed they'd lose everything

Answer 2

The South was convinced that the survival of their economic system, which intersected with almost every aspect of Southern life, lay exclusively in the ability to create new plantations in the western territories, which meant that slavery had to be kept safe in those same territories, especially as Southerners...