<p>I have an essay due Thursday for AP U.S. The question is "to what degree was the argument against slavery, economical, political and moral". BTW, the essay is only up to Jackson as president, so nothing with the civil war basically pre civil war. Anyway, I am not sure how to prove that there was an economical argument against slavery, I was thinking that, Plantation owners monopolized land which shut out farmers and new settlers. As far as politics I was going to talk about the Missouri Compromise, but I need something else to talk about, and for moral slavery goes against the values that founded the U.S. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!! :)</p>
<p>morally, talk about the 2nd Great Awakening, William Lloyd Garrison...</p>
<p>politically, MO Compromise, and Compromise of 1850 if you can go that far</p>
<p>but I think morally was the most important because of the great awakening</p>
<p>Thanks STLFAN! :) I think as far as morally I will definitely delve into both the Second Great Awakening and the founding values.</p>
<p>Anyone else????????????????????</p>
<p>Ok, it's been awhile since I took this class, but if I remember correctly...</p>
<p>Economically is easy. Basically, talk about how the Southern economy depended very heavily on slaves. Personally, I think the economic reasons are the most important. Because they relied so heavily on slaves, they wanted to be sure they didn't lose the slaves. This meant that there had to be an equal number of slave and free states, or they would be out-voted. This led to all the political factors such as the compromises, fugitive slave laws, etc. Morally, many people were against slavery as it dehumanized both slaves and slave holders. Though even a lot of these people didn't really like blacks. Oh, and a big argument the south used was that in some respects, the factory workers in the north were treated worse than black slaves.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies :)</p>