When our country’s Constitution was drafted, the writers considered slavery an issue. Our country was born for men to live in freedom, yet a large portion of its population was held in slavery. How could the United States call its self a republic where “all men are created equal”? After the Constitution was drafted, Northerners began protests to end slavery everywhere, but only succeeded in ending the slave trade in most states. The dividing of people on the issu

The social structure of the two regions was very different in the colonial period. The middle class artisans were the majority in the urban centers of the North. The gap between rich and poor was smaller than the South. Women helped run their husband’s shops and things were more equal. In the South, the plantation economy created a huge gap between the rich and poor. Plantation owners showed their wealth by land, material possessions and slaves. Upper class women didn’t have to work and if they did, then the family’s social status was dropped.

During the early stages of growth from the 17th to middle 18th century, two distinct economies developed in the United States. In the North, farming drove the economy. The same farming economy developed into a world of artisans, creating the middle class. The middle class represented almost 65% of the population of the North, until the start of the Industrial Revolution. The South’s economy revolved around the plantation. Plantation owners were wealthy, but few in numbers, yet they held the majority of the land in the south. Slave labor drove the plantations of the South.

Slavery became deadlocked in Congress until the 1850s rolled around. At that time, there had been a population explosion in the North from immigration. The increase of Germans and Irish created an Electoral College and House of Representatives advantage for the North. They now controlled the majority in the House and were pushing for majority in the Senate with California up for statehood. The North held land advantages as well. Property from the Oregon territory was now considered all northern land. The newly acquired area from Mexico, Texas, was trying to become a state and th

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