The north favored the huge profits brought by the factories, and the south became the Cotton Kingdom under the invention of cotton gin. ... Furthermore, Abraham Lincoln's victory in the election of 1860 unquestionably served as the last straw for the outbreak of these struggles. ... For the abolitionists, the victory of Lincoln served as the best opportunity to eliminate the slavery servitude in the south. ...

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