SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
START OF THE CIVIL WAR
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2nd Amendment Rights
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State’s Rights
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Voting Rights
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government so they could abolish federal laws they didn’t support, especially laws interfering with the South’s right to keep slaves and take them wherever they wished. Another factor was territorial expansion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many maintain that the primary cause of the war was the Southern states’ desire to preserve the institution of slavery. Others minimize slavery and point to other factors, such as taxation or the principle of States’ Rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Confederacy included the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Jefferson Davis was their President. Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri were called Border States.
Detailed explanation-4: -From the perspective of Britain and France, there was good reason to help the Confederacy and intervene in the Civil War. Southern plantations produced large quantities of cotton, which was a staple used in textile production and industry in Britain and France.