Analyze the major developments between 1848 and 1861 that contributed to the Civil War

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: There were four major developments between 1848 and 1861 that contributed to the Civil War: (1) a sectional dispute over the extension of slavery into the western territories; (2) the breakdown of the political party system; (3) growing cultural differences in the views and lifestyles of the South and North; and (4) an intensifying emotional and ideological polarization between the two regions. The election of a Republican president in 1860 sparked the secession of the Deep South, and the subsequent battle over Fort Sumter began the war.

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