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Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces led to the "Free Soil" Ideology. Its main purpose was to oppose the expansion of slavery into the West. It argued that free men on free soil constituted a morally and economically superior system to slavery.

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Territorial Acquisition and section conflict led to a rise in nationalism. Things like the rise of nationalism would lead to the Manifest Dynasty.

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The North would think that the South was blocking their economical aspirations. The North endorsed high tariffs, internal improvements, a homestead bill, and a railroad.They also believed that each state had the right to decide the status of slavery.

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Pro-slavery and abolitionist groups' would often clash. This can be seen in Kansas when pro-slavery groups elected the majority of their legislators, immediately legalizing slavery. Abolitionists were furious and began electing their own delegates to a constitutional convention excluding slavery.