unsuccessful opposition to slavery

• how did slave rebellions split opinions between the north and south?

  the rebellions against white slave owners lead to many deaths - fear of future rebellions spread throughout the south. In the north although many feared the consequences of releasing these individuals, they saw the rebellions as proof slavery didn't work
• where abolitionists successful in opposing slavery?

  no - they were not united in their ideas: many didn't like the power the south held over the north and some wanted to set slaves free and return them to Africa (many had never even been). it was these opposing ideas that never successfully brought them to achieving their goals
• what percentage of the population were slave owners?

  25%
• what did the US rely heavily upon?

  slavery: slave owners and third parties to the slave trade relied heavily upon slavery for economic success - even the north relied upon slavery in their factories for products made from the production of cotton
• why could the slave trade never be dismissed?

  the entire of the US economic system was driven by slavery
• when was the Missouri Compromise signed?

  1820
• what did the Missouri Compromise state?

  as a new free state is made, a new slave state must also be made to keep the ratio balanced and prevent one side overthrowing the other
• what was agreed to ensure slavery stayed in the deep south?

  slavery would never pass above the Missouri Compromise line and enter the north
• when was Andrew Jackson president?

  1829 - 1837
• what values did Jackson support?

  he openly supported slavery
• how did Jackson allow the support of slavery?

  gave banks the permission to lend money to anyone who wanted to invest in the cotton trade
• how was slave opposition prevented?

  with Jackson as president (a man who supported slavery) he held the power to continue the growth of slavery - no one could overthrow him