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Tariff
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The Southern States feared Great Britain would stop buying cotton, and raw materials from them.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, became the best selling novel of the 19th century. Northerners were the most drawn to the book, as they could no longer ignore the stories of the mistreatment that enslaved people faced.
Southerners were angry with Stowe's novel, pointing to the fact that Stowe was a Northerner who knew nothing about the Southern way of life and the treatment of enslaved people.
The Fugitive Slave Act required any person to assist in the capture of runaway enslaved people. Any person who refused or interfered could face a penalty of six months in jail and up to a $1,000 fine.
Election of 1860
A political concept that allowed the residents of the territories themselves, rather than Congress, to determine whether to permit or prohibit slavery
He think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.
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States' Rights
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
Northern abolitionist were calling on the federal government to outlaw the institution of owning another person person and some aided in the escape of runaway people,even after the Fugitive Slave Act was issued
The debate over enslaved people was intensifying and southern states were using state's rights and the 10th amendment as their cornerstone to the argument of possible secession
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Sectionalism
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Compromise among the region but even with union of 13 states, an undertone of division continued.
Restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
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