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Bureau of International Information Programs: History Outline: Sectionalism HandoutBureau of International Information Programs: History Outline: Sectionalism Handout
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US Department of State
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Bureau of International Information Programs: History Outline: Sectionalism

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Article reviews several conditions of American society that sowed the seeds of civil war, particularly slavery and sectional conflict.

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abolitionists, popular sovereignty, secession, slavery, abraham lincoln, john brown
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a nation divided, divided nation, economic differences, election of 1860, electoral vote in 1860, expansion of slavery, plantation government, popular vote in 1860, regional differences, sectional conflict, sectionalism, slave states, southern states, territorial expansion, territorial government, western expansion, compromise of 1850, kansas-nebraska act, republican party, underground railroad, bureau of international information programs: history outline: sectionalism, constitutional union party, democratic party, dred scott decision, john brown's raid, john c. bell, john c. breckinridge, lincoln-douglas debates, mexican cession, mexican war, stephen a. douglas, texas annexation, william lloyd garrison, a nation divided (1848-60)
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