Why the War Came Questions Answered
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Why the War Came 1a. The Northerners thought that slavery was responsible for the ?backwardness? of the South. They viewed themselves as equal free men and the Southerners were just lazy and uninstructed. The Southerners were beginning to believe that all Northerners were abolitionists, and that they had lost sight of basic American values. 1b. Both sides believed that slavery had to either expand or die. There was no in between. 1c. Donald said that the issue of slavery in the territories was just a surrogate because it wasn't the real dividing issue. It was other things such as stereotypes or the South unifying with itself. 1d. I believe that slavery was a major dividing issue between the North and the South, but it was not as important as they say.
