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A 5 page paper. The causes of the civil war were many and complex. Three overriding issues were at the heart of conflict between north and south: tariffs, power in the federal government, and the expansion of slavery. Slavery had been a part of the southern culture for 200 years; these states found it intolerable when laws prohibiting the expansion of slavery into western territories were adopted. The states had become a nation through a series of compromises and it was through more compromises that the union stayed intact until 1861. This essay explains how the westward movement acted as one cause of the Civil War. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Department of Interior, nd). But, by 1861, the conflicts between the Northern States and the Southern States had become so great that compromises could not be made (U.S. Department of
Interior, nd). It should be noted that "northern states" also includes states in the Mid-West and in the West (U.S. Department of Interior, nd). There were many issues involved in
the regional conflict, including tariffs and a shift in the balance of power in the Federal Government (Leidner, 2000; U.S. Department of Interior, nd). In terms of the shift in
power, Northern and Mid-Western states were gaining a great deal of power because their populations were growing so much Leidner, 2000). There was also a third issue - slavery (Leidner,
2000; U.S. Department of Interior, nd). The Souths primary industry was farming and the primary product was cotton and an exceptionally large amount of human labor was needed to
grow and pick cotton (Leidner, 2000). Slaves also provided household labor and anything else that needed to be done. Many Northerners believed that it was wrong to own slaves for
any reason; some disagreed vehemently and were very public about their arguments against the use of slave labor (Leidner, 2000). Slavery, however, had been a part of the Southern way
of life for 200 years and they people believed it was a part of their culture (Leidner, 2000). Slavery had received little attention until the late 1700s. During the
early of this republic, northern states were providing emancipation of slaves and many leaders believed that slavery would simply die out (Department of Humanities Computing, 2002). In 1786, for instance,
Washington wrote that he wished a plan would be adopted "by which slavery may be abolished by slow, sure, and imperceptible degrees" (Department of Humanities Computing, 2002). Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
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