"We of the South will not, cannot, surrender our institutions. To maintain the existing relations between the two races, inhabit
ing that section of the Union, is indispensable to the peace and happiness of both. …There is and always has been in an advanced stage of wealth and civilization, a conflict between labor and capital. The condition of society in the South exempts us from the disorders and dangers resulting from this conflict; and which explains why it is that the political condition of the slaveholding States has been so much more stable and quiet than that of the North." - Excerpt from John C. Calhoun’s speech “Slavery is a positive good” February 6, 1837 Which is the BEST evidence of continued tensions over the expansion of slavery? A) Utopian Societies B) Nullifcation crisis C) Missouri Compromise D) Nat Turner's Rebellion
the best evidence of continued tensions over the expansion of slavery. The compromise was created in order to continue the balance in Congress and avoid discussions of secession. Under the Missouri Compromise, Missouri would enter as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state and geographical line was created in order to determine the slave issue for incoming states. This served to delay the issue but did not resolve the tensions.
Authoritarian states rose in Eastern Europe because they were small new countries without capitol t develop industry. Haves and Have-nots and most did not have experience with democracy.
