The Causes/origins of the Civil War
Until the 1840's, the tensions between North and South remained relatively contained. The issue that started the tensions between the North and South, was the issue of the expanding of slavery. In the North, was the increasingly powerful abolitionist movement, and in the South, came a newly militant defense of slavery, and from the West, came a series of controversies that would ultimately tear the fragile union apart. Another tension was when David Wilmot of Pennsylvania, introduced an amendment to the appropriation bill prohibiting slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico. This amendment passed in the house, but not in the senate. This debate would be called up repeatedly for years. The Southern militants contended that all Americans had equal rights in the new territories, including the right to move their slaves into them. There were many proposals and many debates about where slavery should be allowed and where it shouldn't be......

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Title: Civil War Causes
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