Well in the 1850's was a significant time where slavery occurs. As you probably know slavery was terrible on so many levels. Becuase of the different opinions on slavery their political values changed., Some values thought that slavery was okay while the other fought against it saying that slavery should end. Different sections such as Indiana and Illinois has strong opinions to keep slavery including the south when the rest of America did not feel so strongly.
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The fee charged to a person before the could vote was called a poll tax given to African Americans due to the Jim Crow laws.
