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1800's Tariffs
In the 1800's the government put a tax on everything imported from Europe. During this time period the south was trading the cotton they produced to England, so they made manufactured goods that the south needed. -
Sectionalism
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Missouri Cmpromise
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Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
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Abraham Lincon Elected
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Secession of South Carolina
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Firing on Fort Sumter
On the day of April, 11 1861 Commander Beauregard went to Fort Sumter to try to aide the people there before him to demand the surrender. This descussion went on till 4:00 in the morning of the tweleth when the first mortar fired signaling open fire for the confederates.
