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The Louisiana Purchase: Tension Between South And North States

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The political effect of purchasing the Louisiana Purchase is that tension grew between the South and North states. At the time of the Louisiana Purchase the subject of slavery was something that was controversial. The North wanted slavery to be destroyed because they did not believe in such a thing as slavery anymore and that all humans should all be treated equally. The South which mainly consisted of a large population of slave owners wanted to keep slavery because it had become part of the lifestyle that they wanted to maintain. Slavery helped maintain a lot of the companies and the labor that the Americans were not willing to do. Since the Louisiana Purchase had made the United States a much larger nation tension with the North and the

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