One main reason why John C Breckenridge supported the purchase of the Louisiana territory was because he thought it would held end the issue of slavery, by leaving it up to "popular sovereignty" in the new territory.
Many Anti-Federalists preferred a weak central government because they equated a strong government with British tyranny. Others wanted to encourage democracy and feared a strong government that would be dominated by the wealthy. They felt that the states were giving up too much power to the new federal government.
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- tendency rates tripled , 1880-1890
- cotton was deflated , market was flooded
- whole time they planted they put the prices down
- Union blockaded the South so they couldn't get cotton
- England found a new place to get cotton for cheaper ( India ,Egypt and Brazil)
- the US had too much cotton it began to build up
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