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Lincoln's election win in 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant the South would always be outvoted in Congress, which would pass laws favourable to the North.
So the South broke away from the USA, believing that it could live on its cotton wealth, and that in the event of a war, they could export cotton in exchange for war supplies.
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What event directly caused the outbreak of the civil war-?
Several events contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War. Many people consider the 1861 battle of Fort Sumter to be the direct trigger.
What contributed to the outbreak of civil war?
which of these did not contribute to the outbreak of the civil war
Which of these did not contribute to the outbreak of the Civil War?
foreign diplomacy...:which of these did not contribute to the outbreak of the civil war
Amendments 13-15 were passed as a direct result of what war?
Amendments 13-15 were passed as a direct result of the Civil War.
Did the thirteenth amendment end the civil war?
No. It was a direct result of it.
What was the direct cause of the outbreak of the American Civil War?
The direct cause of the US Civil War was the South's decision to attack the Federal Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor. Yes the "whys" of the Civil War included a number of important issues, however the direct start of hostilities was Fort Sumter.
What outbreak lead to the civil war?
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Amendments 13-15 were passed as a direct result of the what war?
American Civil War 1861-1865. The result was the ending of slavery in the USA.
How did the confederacy provoke the beginning of the civil war?
The bombardment of Fort Sumter by the Confederates led to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Who changed Ulysses S. Grant's life?
The outbreak of Civil War.
What was the outbreak of the civil war a direct result of?
The election of Lincoln, who had declared that he would not allow any new slave-states. (more in detail by Llcoll)----- Thus leading into the south getting pissed off at the north and breaking away from the north "declaring themselves their own state'
What war was the thirteenth amendment a result of?
The Civil War
