Before the civil war, Virginia was a state that had had slaves for over 250 years.
Populations started to change gradually.
Some slaves began obtaining their freedom. (some escaped, some finished their indetured time, some purchased freedom through saving of wages , or through a good relationship with their masters)
Southern states had economies dependent on slavery, ( crops and tobacco mainly) but the urge for abolition grew in the North. Slavery was a source of conflict between the states as the country grew. The emancipation of all of the remaining slaves took place during the years of the American Civil War
The KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854<span> may have been the single most significant event leading to the Civil War. By the early 1850s settlers and entrepreneurs wanted to move into the area now known as Nebraska. However, until the area was organized as a territory, settlers would not move there because they could not legally hold a claim on the land. The southern states' representatives in Congress were in no hurry to permit a Nebraska territory because the land lay north of the 36°30' parallel — where slavery had been outlawed by the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Just when things between the north and south were in an uneasy balance, Kansas and Nebraska opened fresh wounds.</span>
What is the system of large amounts of products produced rapidly by machines called?<span>mass production
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