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Explain the principle events of the preceding ten years or so that led the eleven slaveowning southern American states to secede from the union in 1861.
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Explain the principle events of the preceding ten years or so that led the eleven slaveowning southern American states to secede from the union in 1861. There were many factors which led to the southern states of America to break away from the union in 1861. There had been previous problems between the north and south in America, but these issues could not be resolved with methods that were tried, so led to the outbreak of the American civil war, when the south left the union in 1861. The main factor which led to the southern states seceding from the union was the laws relating to slavery. Slavery was the biggest industry within the southern states of America and a lot was done within the previous ten years leading up to 1861 to try and prevent slavery, which had a major impact within the south, because they could not live with...
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