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How did sectionals lead to the civil war?

Because the south wanted slaves and the North did not want slaves.


How sectionalism helped to lead to the Civil War.?

Because the south wanted slaves and the North did not want slaves.


Why did people want slaves in the south?

Business men would want slaves to work on their plantations. They wouldn't get paid so it was free labour.


Why did the south want slaves to count toward population?

The South wanted slaves to count towards the population for political representation purposes. Including slaves in the population count would have increased the South's representation in the House of Representatives and therefore its political power within the government.


Why did US Civil War start?

It actually started because of States Rights to have slaves and other things like tariffs the north wanted higher tariffs and the south did not the north didn't want slaves the south wanted slaves.


Why didn't slave owners want to free their slaves?

It Was Against The State Of Law In The South


How did the south react to the underground railroad?

They were upset about it because they didn't want to lose their slaves.


Did the south want slaves?

Slaves could do all the work that they did not wanna do for them. They were also very cheap so more people decided to buy them.


Did Abraham Lincoln offer the north a deal to keep slaves and stop the war with the south?

Absolutly not. he did no want slaves the stupidest question ever.


What was the most important difference by separating the north and the south?

the north is in the upper part and adn the south is in the lower part that's why it's important to separate the north from south my gash


Why did the north not want to keep the slaves?

Slaves weren't needed. The reasons slaves were used in the south they had large plantations that needed people to work, plant, pick cotton, and do other things. The economy between the south and the north was totally different.


What events led to sucession in the south?

Slavery. Plain and simple. The south liked their slaves. The north didn't like slaves. The south said we want to keep them. The north said you can't. The south said yeh-huh. The north said nah-uh.