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There were many events, people, and opinions that caused the U.S. Civil War in 1861. But the three biggest causes were states rights versus federal rights, the abolition movement, and the controversy of allowing slavery in the territories. Although these may appear to be vague, it was the events inside that made the difference.
The South had a vested interest in not allowing the federal government to interfere with their state rights. The South claimed the federal government is prohibited by the tenth amendment-which implies the federal government is limited to only the powers granted in the constitution-and that the federal government can't take away their "property," or in other words their slaves. This led to the idea of nullification, where the states would have the right to rule federal acts unconstitutional. However, when the federal government denied this right, the South had more of a reason to secede from the Union.
The issue of slavery was further heightened by the......

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