Causes of the Civil War the differences between the North and South /

• Main Author: Mountjoy, Shane, 1967-
• Other Authors: McNeese, Tim.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2009.
• Series: Civil War, a nation divided.
• Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION > History.; United States > Juvenile literature. > History > Causes > Civil War, 1861-1865; United States > Juvenile literature. > Politics and government > 1849-1861; United States > History > Causes. > Civil War, 1861-1865; United States > Politics and government > 1849-1861.; Electronic books.
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Examines the sectional rivalries that surfaced in the early 19th century and intensified in the decades leading up to the war.

Table of Contents:

• One nation, two sections
• American slavery
• Nullification and states' rights
• Manifest Destiny
• Bleeding Kansas
• Dred Scott and John Brown
• The Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln
• Secession and the coming war.