Slaves

The North came to think of slavery as a “moral evil” because it threatened to restrict what they felt America stood for; the South argued that slavery supported the “Southern Way of Life”, which they felt was superior to any other in the United States. With new territories being added to the United States, the dispute and tension between the North and South increased due to the attempt to balance the power of free and slave states. The difference between each of their economies effected each viewpoint when it came to the issue of slavery. While the North was industrialized, the South depended on slaves for the agricultural economy.