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The formation of confederacy led to the civil war by firing shots at surrendered troops.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin convinced Nothern people that slavaery was wrong, which made many more severe conflicts during the war.

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Abraham Lincoln felt it was his sacred duty as President of the United States to preserve the Union at all costs during the civil war.

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Southerners made huge profits from cotton and slaves and fought a war to maintain them

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Expansion was very popular around the time of the civil war and made a major impact on it, it intesified the issue of slavery as new states were made.

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Confederate Troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

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This Act made a requirement to return slaves to their original owner during and after the civil war.

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Pro-Secessionists found philosiphical justificationnfor altering the government.

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The election of 1860 led to the civil war was one of the main causes of the Civil war. 

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The states rights led to the civil war, the Southern states wanted to assert their authority of the federal government.

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Sectionalism made it very challnenging during the civil war, the land was limited.

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Cultural values affected the Civil war with a mild impact. The cultural differences made the war between North and South inevitable.

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Slavey was a major impact on the Civil War, slavey ended shortly after the war did. People could not agree on if slavery was right or wrong.