... , granting increases powers to the federal government. The North also felt the need for increased internal improvements, such as the expansion of roads, railroads, and canals. They also favored a good banking and currency system and federal subsidies for shipping and internal improvements. The North also wanted a tariff to protect the northern manufacturer. Of course the main underlying reason for the outbreak ... war" creating social classes in the midst of an Industrial Revolution sparked by the war itself. Slavery was a major cause of the Civil War, but not slavery itself, but the eco...

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