... probably the biggest reason why the southern states seceded. There were also many compromises that failed to accomplish anything. The Compromise of 1850, for example, was designed to balance the interests of both sides by proposing that slave trade would be abolished in Washington D.C., but to balance ... North and South further. Many other abolitionists attacked the south before the war started. Music and Literature was as important in influencing people's feelings before the Civil War as it is today. Books like Uncle Tom's Cabin and Cannibals All really affected the view of our nation'...

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... in the Union," was not among the "... enumerated powers granted to Congress." the National Banking Act and the authorization of United States Notes by the Legal Tender Act of 1862. The Revenue Act of 1861 introduced the income tax to help finance the war. In December 1860 ... to abolitionist Horace Greeley's newspaper. In September 1862, the Battle of Antietam provided this opportunity, and the subsequent War Governors' Conference added support for the proclamation. Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, and his final Emancipation Proclamation on...

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