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People started to question if the states had more power than the over government sometimes. That is one of the big reasons why some of the states decided to leave the United States.

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Many people in new England became rich before there were slaves, so they were completely against slavery. In newspapers and pamphlets you could find anti slavery material. South Carolina eventually banned any anti slave material from coming into their state.

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The Missouri Compromise made it so that all states under 36 parallel line could use slavery. It was chosen there because it is the southern border of Missouri.

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Dred Scott was a slave living under a doctor that was at the time in a free state. The doctor was getting older and eventually died. His widow then claimed

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Slave Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on a Southern army arsenal. He attempted to take hostages and threaten to kill them. General Robert E. Lee then stopped him and he was sentenced to death in court.

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The north was joining the rest of the world in starting using machines to produce goods. While the south was using slaves to make money and produce goods. But the North was still against the idea of slaves and thought that it was more practical to use machines.

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Many of the states didn't like the idea of Lincoln becoming president so they decided to leave the United States and join the Confederate States of America.

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He was able to become president even though he was completely against slavery and showed it. He had no electoral votes from any of the southern states.

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. Learn about his biography, the Civil War, and his life story.

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Since the west wasn't still fully explored new states were being founded. So the disputes over new states and what side would they join. If the state joined the South, the North would be unhappy.

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California just became a part of the US but now what side would it join. Well the Union quickly claimed California to be their own. The South didn't like that because California is a huge state and that off set the balance of south to north. So the fugitive slave law act was now a law.

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The Kansas/Nebraska act was passed to let the residents of Kansas decide if Kansas was going to become a slave. So then many supporters of the north and south came to try to make it a part of their side. Many people were killed, but eventually Kansas joined the union.

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Slavery was the main cause of the Civil war. The South was perfectly fine with slavery but the North was against it and thought it was cruel.

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Roots: The System of American Slavery | History