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Slavery
The north and South were in conflict about slavery because the south benefited from cotton and sold. -
Abraham's Election
Abraham Lincoln was an antislavery Republican party member, leading to a civil war. -
Slave States and free States
The North and South were in conflict with each other about slavery. North completely abolished slavery meanwhile the South is a slave state. South and North were in a tense argument that even the South didn't want to be a part of the United States. -
the cultural reason for the Civil War?
Southerners believed Northerners had aggressive and hostile designs on their way of life. -
Extent and reach of the federal government
The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government so they could abolish federal laws they didn't support.