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Slavery began in America when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. This contributed to the influence of the Civil War because it was what initiated what the North and South were fighting for in the Civil War.
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Was an effect by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. This contributed to the influence on causing the Civil War, because all of this brought out the different social cultures and political beliefs to be developed.
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A movement to end slavery, whether formal or informal. In western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historical movement that contributed on the influence on causing the Civil War because it helped expand the support for abolishing slavery nationwide.
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A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in book format in 1852. The book expresses the evils of slavery and offered a vision of slavery that few in nation had seen before. This helped contribute to the influence of the Civil War by starting a new wave of anti-slavery sentiment across the nation.
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Bleeding Kansas is the term used to describe the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory. This contributed to the influence of the Civil War because after this, violence erupted.
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This decision stated that no person with African blood could become a US citizen. It influenced on causing the Civil War by overturning the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had restricted slavery, whether formal or informal.
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This is the convention that voted to dissolve the state’s contract with the United States and strike off as its own.
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This election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War.
