Dec 22, 2009
Article abstract: At issue: Nature of the U.S. Constitution and national government, slavery. Result: Northern victory; preserved the Union and led to freedom for all slaves.
Decades of conflict and controversy between the North and the South finally culminated in war in 1861. Long-standing economic, political, social, and constitutional differences had steadily divided the two areas during the antebellum period. By 1860, the North had grown increasingly industrial, and the South remained primarily agricultural. The Republican Party dominated...
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