1. History
These differences would culminate during the 1850s and would eventually ignite a divided Congress and country to fight a war it had already won- the war for freedom. ... The dividing of people on the issue of slavery turned into the sectionalism that fueled the Civil War. During the early stages of growth from the 17th to middle 18th century, two distinct economies developed in the United States. In the North, farming drove the economy. ... The South's economy revolved around the plantation. ...
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