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it was there to weaken slave laws.

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the north was being more urbanized while the south was being mianly rural.

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The north became more polarized about slavery and wantedit to end.

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the south decided they did not want to be apart of the country anymore and decided to ceceed and lincoln didn't like that so he decided to send troops down to stop them that's when the civil war strated.

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the south thought lincoln was agianst the south and slavery which was their last straw.

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the kansas-nebraska act let people vote on whether they wanted it to be a frre state or slave state and this caused some violence.

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The south relied on slavery heavily on their farms. The north thought it was evil and cruel.

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The U.S. wanted to expand westward. The south thought they were losing power with every new state. The new states becmae battle grounds.

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The south though the federal government was taking away their rights.

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the north had no need for the slaves becuase they were swithcing over to factoey jobs and the soht relied heavily on the slaves.