The North wanted to limit the number of slave states in the Union and the South wanted to protect their states rights. ... The North wanted to limit the number of slave states in the Union. ... Southern extremists opposed any limit on the extension of slavery, but settled for now. ... But the distribution of these lands in small lots speeded the development of this section, but it was disliked in the South because it aided the free farmer than the slaveholding plantation owner. ...

• Word Count: 1668
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The North wanted to limit the number of slave states in the Union. ... Southern extremists opposed any limit on the extension of slavery, but settled for now. ... But the distribution of these lands in small lots speeded the development of this section, but it was disliked in the South because it aided the free farmer rather than the slaveholding plantation owner. ...

• Word Count: 1672
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The North wanted to limit the number of slave states in the Union. ... Southern extremists opposed any limit on the extension of slavery, but settled for now. ... But the distribution of these lands in small lots speeded the development of this section, but it was disliked in the South because it aided the free farmer than the slaveholding plantation owner. ...

• Word Count: 2119
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School