... by today was not the first constitution written. In 1776, when independence was declared, a constitution was written and was called, The Articles of the Confederation. At that time this constitution worked for the new country, but within ten years it was discovered that there were problems with it ... and the government wasn't working the way it should be (Maestro 4). The Articles of the Confederation was found to have serious problems. Two of which were that the people of the country were poor and hungry. The government had no way to raise money and no way ... Welch 29). The delegates ...

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... War looked to several factors explaining the geographic divide, including sectionalism, protectionism, and state's rights. Sectionalism Sectionalism refers to the different economies, social structure, customs and political values of the North and South. Pamphleteers North and South rarely mentioned the tariff, and when some did, for instance, Matthew Fontaine Maury and John Lothrop Motley, they were writing ... the Constitution was a perfect union than the earlier Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, that it was a binding contract, and called any secession "legally void." Howe...

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... argued that the Constitution was a perfect union than the earlier Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, that it was a binding contract, and called any secession "legally void." However, much of the North's attitude was based on the false belief that only a minority of Southerners were actually for secession and that there were large numbers of southern Unionists that could be counted on. Had Northerners realized ... Civil War Italian Americans in the American Civil War Native Americans in the American Civil War Topical articles Blockade runners of the American Civil War Blockade...

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