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AP U.S. History 1.5 Period 4: 1800-1848. Southern plantation owners supported slavery in the Louisiana Territory primarily because of what environmental development?
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Southern plantation owners supported slavery
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in the Louisiana Territory primarily because of
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what environmental development?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ toilet flushes ]
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All right. So what's this question asking?
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Well we know that Southern plantation owners
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would have supported the expansion of slavery
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pretty much anywhere.
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But this question makes it sound like there was something related
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to the environment that made this new acquisition
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particularly acquirable.
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So let's check out the answers.
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Did plantation owners want slavery in the Louisiana Territory
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because of A - the ongoing drought in the West Indies?
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Hmm. The weather was pretty normal in the West Indies
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at that time, so it's not A.
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Did they want slavery in the Territory because of B -
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the lack of usable ports along the Atlantic Coast?
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Well, actually, the Atlantic Coast had dozens
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of major ports. That's how all these colonies
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got started in the first place. So that eliminates B.
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Were plantation owners supportive of the expansion of slavery
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because of D - the rise of plantation farming in New England?
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Oh, no way.
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New England has never relied on plantation farming.
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That was exclusively the South's game. So D is a no-go.
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And that means they supported slavery in the Louisiana Territory because of C -
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the over-cultivation of arable land in the South.
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Tobacco is as bad for the land as it is for your lungs.
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And when it's planted year after year, the soil ends up
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losing its nutrients, which makes it
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inhospitable for crops down the line.
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So with all this over-cultivation happening in the South,
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plantation owners looked to the new Territories
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for more arable land.
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So this means that choice C is the right answer.
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Well, looks like too much of a good and bad thing can kill you.
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[ hiss ]
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