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By taking a look at sectional differences between the North and South of the United States, the Civil War could not have been prevented. The United States started off by trying to settle their differences through compromises. In the beginnin ....

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... and that each state should have the right to make their own laws. When Lincoln was elected the Southerners felt that he would be in favor of the North in all his decisions and not treat it equally. This sectional difference really set the pathway for war because the southern states soon would want to secede and seceding was a major cause of the war. Another area that caused differences between the North and South parts of the United States was the taxes being put on the imported goods coming in. When the tariff bill was passed, it hurt the South because it increased the prices on all of the imports coming in from Europe. The North wan ...