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Slavery was very big in the south and the north did not like it.

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The North's industrial economy contrasted sharply with the South's agrarian economy based on slave labor.

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Southern states advocated for greater state autonomy and believed the federal government should have limited power.

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As the United States expanded westward, the issue of slavery in new territories became a major point of contention.

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He was anti slavery.

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The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861, marked the official beginning of the Civil War.

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The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North, advocating for the end of slavery and fueling further division.

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This Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and had no right to sue in federal court, further exacerbating the issue of slavery and its potential expansion.

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The Dred Scott Decision: Crash Course Black American History #16

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In the 1850s, violence erupted in the Kansas Territory over whether it would enter the Union as a free or slave state, highlighting the deep divisions over slavery.

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Bleeding Kansas - John Brown - US History - Part 3 - Extra History

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This law allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery, leading to further conflict.

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Following Lincoln's election, several Southern states seceded from the Union, forming the Confederacy, which triggered the outbreak of war.

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The political parties of the time, particularly the Republican Party, reflected the growing sectional divide, with the Republicans taking a stronger stand against the expansion of slavery.

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A book about anti slavery.