Civil War Was the American Civil War caused by slavery or economics? ... Mexican American War . ... But in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... It dealt mainly with the question of whether slavery was to be allowed or prohibited in the regions acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican War. ... This compromise also said that the territory east of California given to the United States by Mexico was divided into the territories of New Mexico and Utah, and they were opened to settlement by both slaveholders and antislavery settle...

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Beginning in 1850, the sectional differences between the North and the South continued to cause friction in the nation, which eventually led to the inevitable civil war. ... Slavery was a prominent topic debated during the years leading up to the Civil War and was one of the leading causes of division between the North and South. ... The issue of slavery was debated yet again after the Mexican War in regard to the newly acquired land in the West. The Compromise of 1850 was created to appease both regions; it stated that California was to enter the Union as a free state but that Utah and New M...

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Civil War historian Shelby Foote describes the American Civil War as the most important event in American History. The Civil War was, at the very least, one of the most controversial periods in American history. ... Slavery had become such a prominent institution in the South, that by 1850, many Southerners supported the filibustering of Cuba and Mexico believing that the "safety of the South was to be found only in the extension of (slavery)." ... In this aspect the Civil War was entirely about slavery and the economics of slavery. ... This, however, was not until...

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Q: Was the Civil War fought over the issue of slavery? ... But in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... It dealt mainly with the question of whether slavery was to be allowed or prohibited in the regions acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican War. ... This outraged the North and what was led to the Civil War. ... The only way to avoid the war was to abolish slav...

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In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the Civil War, in which the North won. ... But in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... It dealt mainly with the question of whether slavery was to be allowed or prohibited in the regions acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican War. ... This compromise also said that the territory east of California given to the United States by Mexico was divided into the territories of New Mexico and Utah, and they were opened to settlement by both slaveholders and antislavery settlers. ...

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Nevertheless, in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... This outraged the North and which led to the Civil War. Many different efforts were made to save the Union and prevent a war. ... However, it was not ratified by the necessary number of states and was forgotten when the Civil War began. ... Because slavery formed two opposing societies, and slavery could never be abolished, the Civil War was inevitable." ...

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Nevertheless, in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... This outraged the North and which led to the Civil War. Many different efforts were made to save the Union and prevent a war. ... However, it was not ratified by the necessary number of states and was forgotten when the Civil War began. ... Because slavery formed two opposing societies, and slavery could never be abolished, the Civil War was inevitable." ...

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This era came right after the War of 1812, which was a war that was in some ways a fight for America's second independence. The War of 1812 left the United Sates and strengthened the unity of the new nation. ... after the end of the war of 1812. ... The issues of the war promoted nationalism. ... European nations that were recovering from the Napoleonic wars lessened the demands for the American foodstuffs, gold and silver was not coming into the United States because of the war that disrupted the Mexican and Peruvian economies, Europeans gathered a lot of metal to themselves so the...

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