Summary Part B: Causes of the Civil War

    Between 1800 and 1860, a number of economic, social, and political factors contributed to the development of  tension between states.  Specifically,  tension  developed around issues of how to best expand the US economy, the extension of slavery into the territories, and relationship between the states and the federal government.  Debates and differences in opinion over these and other matters of national importance eventually led to the United States civil war. 

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