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The Unavoidable Causes Of The Civil War

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The division between the North and the South in terms of economy, society, and ideology caused the civil war. The industrial North was afraid that the agricultural South would force America to become a slavery country. However, the South hoped to expand slavery into western territories to gain more land for plant cotton. As the North and the South had grown further apart, the war is unavoidable.
The South secede from the Union because they felt their states’ right to holding slavery was threatens by Lincoln’s election. In the South, Slavery is a way of life. The South Knew that Lincoln hated the slavery and believed that Lincoln would abolish slavery. Therefore, when Lincoln was elect, that was the final straw for the South. The Atlanta Confederacy

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