Because even as Google cuts ties with ALEC, it continues to give large sums to climate change deniers in Congress -- nearly $700k since 2008, as chronicled in Forecast the Facts' recent Disrupt Denial report. More than anyone, it is the deniers in Congress who are holding our country back from acting on climate change.
Answer by TxRose555. Confidence votes 43. The Southerners knew that the North or the Union wanted to abolish slavery. With the growing friction between the South and the North, they threatened to secede if a Republican became president, which happened when Aberham Lincoln became president.The Southerners feared that their rich southern way of life would end.ith the growing friction between the South and the North, they threatened to secede if a Republican became president, which happened when Aberham Lincoln became president. The Southerners feared that their rich southern way of life would end.
The Wilmot Proviso. At the end of the Mexican War, many new lands west of Texas were yielded to the United States, and the debate over the westward expansion of slavery was rekindled.ectional Loyalty Over Party Loyalty. The Wilmot Proviso justified Southernersâ fears that the North had designs against slavery. They worried that if politicians in the North prevented slavery from expanding westward, then it was only a matter of time before they began attacking it in the South as well.