SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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By April slavery had become inextricably entwined with the state right power of the federal government over the state, the south ‘way of life ‘.
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Slavery was good and it should stay how it was.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The war began because a compromise did not exist that could solve the difference between the free and slave states regarding the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in territories that had not yet become states.
Detailed explanation-2: -For more than 80 years, people in the Northern and Southern states had been debating the issues that ultimately led to war: economic policies and practices, cultural values, the extent and reach of the Federal government, and, most importantly, the role of slavery within American society.
Detailed explanation-3: -Slavery cause Civil War because they were being treated unfairly by the South and the North didn’t like that. States rights is when a state abides by its own rules. Missouri was allowed to enter the Union as a slave state. California had to decide if they were going to be a slave state or a free state.