°All men are created equal,± but were they treated equally during the pre-civil war period? Since the beginning of the colonization of America, blacks were considered properties and were never given any rights white men had. Even the Founding Fathers decided not to touch the slavery issue, wishing that it will die out eventually. However, after the Constitution officially legalized slavery, this issue became more complex. As a result of the problems of slavery, there was a growing sectionalism between the North (free states) and the South (slave states).
The first example of sectionalism caused by the slavery issue is the Missouri Compromise of 1820. It divided the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase along th
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