# data[].attributes.body
Core issue dividing North and South.

# data[].attributes.body
South wanted more control over its own laws.

# data[].attributes.body
North was industrial, South was agricultural.

# data[].attributes.body
Fights over slavery in new territories.

# data[].attributes.body
South saw him as a threat to slavery.

# data[].attributes.body
Southern states broke away from the Union.

# data[].attributes.body
Violent clashes over slavery in Kansas.

# data[].attributes.body
Forced Northerners to return escaped slaves.

# data[].attributes.body
Court said slaves weren't citizens.

# data[].attributes.body
Abolitionist attack scared the South.

# data[].attributes.body
Temporary peace, but increased tension.

# data[].attributes.body
Book that turned more Northerners against slavery.

# data[].attributes.body
Different lifestyles and values fueled distrust.