Why did it matter to the Southern states whether or
not new states had legal slavery?
A
The more states that had slavery the more
power they had in the government.
B
If slavery was legal in more places,
slaveowners would have more customers to
sell slaves to.
С
Plantation owners wanted to expand their
farms and slaves to Western territories with
more fertile land.
D
They believed that the government was about
to make slavery illegal across the Southeast
