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The struggle to maintain the
balance of power between slave and free states in the federal government was rooted in the
compromises made at the Constitutional Convention over representation in Congress, equal
representation of the states in the Senate and representation proportional to population in the
House.

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P: i see four people fighting over a flag of the U.S. and tearing it apart
I: Because i see the tear in the map i think that represents the nation being torn into two
c: The fight between the figures is tearing the nation apart

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1.Sectionalism: restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
2. industry: advantage for the north, Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron
3. Antebellum -before the war
4. Union: also called the north or the United states, the union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the federal government during the civil war
5. Confederacy: also called the south or the confederate states of america, the confederacy incorporated the states that seceded from the united states of america to form their own nation