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The Missouri Compromise was a legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery in other states.

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The differences between the technology in the South and North caused them both to separate even more.

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Certain states viewed their cultural values more important than their loyalty to the entire country. This caused states to split up even more.

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This event was that of the South forming their own government known as Confederate States of America. This caused the North to attempt to send forces to take back their land which led to more states joining the confederates.

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Abraham Lincoln was an anti-slave president which caused an outrage in the South.

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The Dred Scott decision was about a free man moving to an slave state and having his freedom stripped away by not only a woman, but by the U.S. Supreme Court as well.

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It was a divide across Kansas causing the people to split up and turn on eachother.

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The propaganda caused more to switch to the slave's side seeing the poor treatment and powerful message in the book.

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Uncle Toms Cabin: An Abolitionist Bestseller

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It enraged the south because others fought their unfair rules of slavery.

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Each new territory could break the balance the sides had with slave states and free states.

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Historians discussed how the Civil War and 19th century westward expansion were interrelated and together transformed the country. They described... read more

Historians discussed how the Civil War and 19th century westward expansion were interrelated and together transformed the country. They described a power shift from white citizens in the West to the post- Civil War federal government, and how the construction of the railroads across the West connected communities and helped extend the government's reach. They also talked about developments for freed slaves and Native Americans in the western territories. This program was part of a conference hosted by the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado. close

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Civil War and 19th Century Westward Expansion

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Part Of American West During the 19th Century Historians discussed how the Civil War and 19th century westward expansion were interrelated and together transformed the country. They described... read more Historians discussed how the Civil War and 19th century westward expansion were interrelated and together transformed the country.

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States wanted to have access to their own rights.

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11. Slavery and State Rights, Economies and Ways of Life: What Caused the Civil War?

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Slavery caused tension between the two sides causing them to both go down a spiral of morals.

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It had massive political influence, it also brought slavery to an all new high.