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The North had an economy that encouraged free labor on small farms while the South had an economy based on slave labor on plantations. Hence, the friction was a result of their differences. The North wanted to ban slavery and the South opposed because slaves were very profitable. In the 1850s, the North began working towards abolishing slavery; however the South threatened to withdraw from the Union (a term used to refer to the United States at the time) in order to stop the abolishment. In the late 1860s, Abraham Lincoln, the candidate of the Republican Party which stood against slavery, was elected president, and thus the South withdrew from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America, a separate government which conducted the Civil War. The Civil War ended with the victory of the North, promoting nationalism, and the defeat of the South and death of The Confederacy. The South no longer had rights to own slaves and hence lost a lot of power and money.

In the 1840s and 50s the Northern states wanted to prohibit slavery in the western territories that would eventually become new states. The Southern states opposed all efforts to block the expansion of slavery and feared that the Norths stance would eventually endanger existing slaveholdings in the South. Prelude to war American Civil War By the 1850s, some Northerners Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia had began calling for the complete Britannica Online Academic Edition. abolition of slavery, while several Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 2013. Southern states threatened to Web. 27 Oct. 2013. secede from the Union as a means http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked to protect their rights to keep /topic/19407/American-Civil-War slaves Prelude to war American Civil War When Abraham Lincoln, the Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia candidate of the antislavery Britannica Online Academic Edition. Republican Party, was elected Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 2013. president in the late 1860, the Web. 27 Oct. 2013. Southern states carried out their http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked threat and seceded, organizing as /topic/19407/American-Civil-War the Confederate States of America. The Economist, "The Civil War: Finally The causes of the war, the Passing", April 2, 2011, pp. 2325. reasons for its outcome, and even the name of the war itself are subjects of lingering contention today. There is much less dispute about the results. Confederate nationalism died. American nationalism triumphed. The North and West grew rich while the oncerich South became poor for a century. The national political power of the slave owners and rich southerners ended. Foner, Eric. "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Abraham Lincoln consistently Lincoln and American Slavery" (2011). made preserving the Union the p. 74 central goal of the war, though he increasingly saw slavery as a crucial issue and made ending it an

Abraham Lincolns original purpose of the war was to preserve the Union; however seeing that slavery was a crucial issue, he made abolishing it also a goal. His decision

additional goal. Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation angered both Peace Democrats ("Copperheads") and War Democrats, but energized most Republicans. The Emancipation Proclamation enabled African-Americans, both free blacks and escaped slaves, to join the Union Army.

to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which allowed African-Americans to join the Union army, was opposed by the Peace and War Democrats, but accepted by the Republicans.