The North and the South had stereotyped one another and each group thought they were doing everything much better than the other was. The major problem they were having was how to handle the issue of slavery in the territories. President Polk was unaware that his desire for expansion would eventually divide the Whig party, and bring to the open an aggressive southern theory on slavery in the territories. In 1846 the Oregon Treaty was signed …showed first 75 words of 768 total…

…showed last 75 words of 768 total…policy question of the present and foreseeable future. Slavery was the most significant difference between the North and South and the biggest conflict leading to the Civil War. Reference Page Oates, S. B. (Ed. 7). (1999). Portrait of America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. Norton, B., Katzman, D., Escott, P., Chudacoff, H., Paterson, T., Tuttle, W., Brophy, W. (Ed. 5). (1999). A People and a Nation. (Vol. A). New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. Lowenfels, W. Walt Whitman's civil war