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causes of the civil war (Industry vs. Farming (of many northern states had…
causes of the civil war
Industry vs. Farming
of many northern states had moved away from farming to industry. A lot of people in the North worked and lived in large cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston.
The southern states, however, had maintained a large farming economy and this economy was based on slave labor.
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States' Rights
rights was not new to the Civil War. Since the Constitution was first written there had been arguments about how much power the states should have versus how much power the federal government should have.
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Expansion
As the United States continued to expand westward, each new state added to the country shifted the power between the North and the South.
Southern states began to fear they would lose so much power that they would lose all their rights. Each new state became a battleground between the two sides for power.
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Secession
When Lincoln was elected, many of the southern states decided they no longer wanted to be a part of the United States. They felt that they had every right to leave.
Starting with South Carolina, eleven states would eventually leave the United States and form a new country called the Confederate States of America
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