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Civil War (Slavery (The South relied on slavery for labor to work the…
Civil War
Slavery
The South relied on slavery for labor to work the fields.South fearful that their way of life would come to an end.
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Many people in the North believed that slavery was wrong and evil. These people were called abolitionists. They wanted slavery made illegal throughout the United States.
Abraham Lincoln
The final straw for the South was election of Abraham Lincoln to President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was a member of the new anti-slavery Republican Party.
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Bleeding Kansas
he government passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowing the residents of Kansas to vote on whether they would be a slave state or a free state.
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Secession
southern states decided they no longer wanted to be a part of the United States. They felt that they had every right to leave
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Industry vs. Farming
Southern states, however, had maintained a large farming economy and this economy was based on slave labor.
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