History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861, inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made ending slavery a war goal. ... The Republican Party was determined to prevent any spread of slavery, and many Southern leaders had threatened secessio...

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History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. The Republican Party, dominant in the North, secured a majority of the electoral votes, and Lincoln was elected the first Republican president, but before his inauguration, seven slave states with cotton-based economies formed the Confederacy. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861 inaugural address declared his administrat...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in economic structure, and political views. Though these tensions caused discomfort between the two sides, the issue of slavery would push both sides to war in 1861. The Economic differences between the North and South, caused tensions which had been developing for decades. ...

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