Hvad gjorde panikken i 1857 tilskyndet til syd?
Panic of 1857
Ved slutningen af panikken i 1859 voksede spændingerne mellem nord og syd i spørgsmålet om slaveri i USA. Panikken i 1857 var opmuntrende for dem i syd, som mente, at nord havde brug for sydstaterne for at bevare en stabil økonomi, og sydstaternes trusler om løsrivelse blev midlertidigt dæmpet. Sydstatsfolkene mente, at panikken i 1857 gjorde Nordstaterne "mere imødekommende over for sydstaternes krav" og ville bidrage til at holde slaveriet i live i USA.
Near the end of the Panic, in 1859, tensions between the North and South regarding the issue of slavery in the United States were increasing. The Panic of 1857 was encouraging to those in the South who believed the North needed the South to keep a stabilized economy and southern threats of secession were temporarily quelled. Southerners believed the Panic of 1857 made the North "more amenable to southern demands" and would help to keep slavery alive in the United States.
Panic of 1857