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Origins of the American Civil War

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The main explanation for the origins of the American Civil War is slavery, especially the issue of the expansion of slavery into the territories. States' rights and the tariff issue became entangled in the slavery issue, and were intensified by it. Other important factors were party politics, expansionism, sectionalism, economics and modernization in the Antebellum Period. The United States... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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    Origins of the American Civil War

    The main explanation for the origins of the American Civil War is slavery, especially Southern anger at the attempts by Northern antislavery political forces to block the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
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    American Civil War

    Main articles: Origins of the American Civil War and Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War ... Causes of the Civil War
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    List of American Civil War topics

    This is a list of topics relating to the American Civil War: ... Origins of the American Civil War
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    Outline of the American Civil War

    The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war between the United States of America (the "Union") and the Southern slave states of the newly-formed Confederate States of America under Jefferson Davis. ... Main article: Origins of the American Civil War
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    Index of United States–related articles

    The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the United States of America. ... Origins of the American Civil War
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    Harriet Beecher Stowe

    Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. ... Origins of the American Civil War
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    Abraham Lincoln

    He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. ... Main articles: Origins of the American Civil War and Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
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    Confederate States of America

    The CSA's de facto control over its claimed territory varied during the course of the American Civil War, depending on the success of its military in battle. ... Origins of the American Civil War
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    Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War

    See also Origins of the American Civil War. ... The final, and possibly most influential, cause of the Civil War was the Supreme Court case The Dred Scott Decision.
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    March 30

    March 30 is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1855 – Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas – "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.

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Origins of the American Civil War