They had nearly opposite views on most key issues. Slavery was the most obvious of these issues; it shaped and intensified conflict between the North and the South . The North completely opposed slavery but in the South slavery was generally accepted. The majority of Southerners approved of slavery because it was a way of life in the south. Most southerners could not fathom the idea of freeing millions of blacks . The freeing of nearly four million slaves by the federal government would have spawned a new kind of hatred towards the north . It would have caused immense economic destruction in the South and would have brought about war in an
They had nearly opposite views on most key issues. Slavery was the most obvious of these issues; it shaped and intensified conflict between the North and the South . The North completely opposed slavery but in the South slavery was generally accepted. The majority of Southerners approved of slavery because it was a way of life in the south. Most southerners could not fathom the idea of freeing millions of blacks . The freeing of nearly four million slaves by the federal government would have spawned a new kind of hatred towards the north . It would have caused immense economic destruction in the South and would have brought about war in an