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The north had industry and the south had farming. Southern and northern states did not agree on slavery and, when a country has sectionalism, a civil war often starts.

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Congress disagreed on wether to spread slavery to the new territories so, they made a compromise. Maine was added as a free state, Missouri was added on a slave state. slavery was banned in all new states that would be added above latitude 36'30

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The south traded with europe and the government wanted to make money off of the cotton they were selling so they imposed a tarrif. Southern farmers did not want to pay the tarrif so they started thretning civil war.

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California joined the union in 1850 and southern states wanted it to be slave. california joined as a free state and the fugitive slave act was passed which said no matter which state they were in if an escaped slave was found they must be returned to their owner.

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Was written by a housewife named Harriet Beecher Stowe, who had seen the horrors of slavery herself. It has caused millions of americans to join the abolition movement as it revealed the torturous life of a slave

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Southerners feared that if a member of the GOP became president they would loose all their slaves. This is reasonable as the republican party was created o prevent the spread of slavery.

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The Missouri compromise was cancelled and their was a vote to decide if there was going to be slavery in Kansas and Nebraska. activists of both sides went there to sway the vote and claimed victory after, this cause violence and chaos to break out across the states.

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After Dread Scott sued for his freedom a supreme court justice said that he was still a slave and had no rights in court. This decision angered many americans.

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Abolitionist John Brown and his sons tried to attack the big arsenal in Harpers Ferry VA and lead a slave rebellion. He was later put on trial and exicuted.

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Southern states warned they would leave the union if a republican became president. Later, Republican Abraham Lincon was elected into office and "the last straw" was pulled for the south.

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11 Southern states leave the union. They called themselves the " Confederate States of America."