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Causes for Southern Sucession
Summary: The events leading up to the Southern states' secession from the Union and the ensuing Civil War did not happen all at once. Slavery played the lead role in this process, forming the basis for disagreements between North and South over economic and social matters as well as differences over Constitutional interpretation. The election of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican and an abolitionist, as president drove the South even further away from the Union.
As a country, the United States had exerted endless amounts of energy in order to fashion a unified nation. However, in 1860-61, certain pressures drove the south to try and secede from the union. These pressures were, and still are, rigorously argued about. Nevertheless, the split between the North and the South did not just happen all at once. It took place gradually, and was motivated by a few things; slavery playing the lead role. Economic, social, different perspectives concerning constitutional interpretation, as well as the election of Lincoln all contributed to the attempted withdrawal of the South from young America.
Document 2 portrays the North as a region out to get the South. Albert Gallatin Brown claims northerners hate the South and teach their children in their schools and churches to do so as well. Actions such as the honoring of John Brown pushed the South to believe...
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