c. Slave states and free states: growing tensions and the 1860 election
We have already seen that by 1850 the Southern states were doing well economically with the cotton fields expanding; but that they were angry about the Underground Railroad and the loss of 1000 slaves a year. However, there was another major source of concern and that was the issue of new states joining the Union. With the gaining of new territory, many people had moved westwards. When people settled on a new area of...