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Old 12-21-2005, 12:26 PM
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Default Re: Civil War arguments

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Why wait until secession then?

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A large part of the reason the South seceded when it did was that the North was blocking expasnion of slavery into new western states which would tip the balance of power in congress where anti-slavery states would have the votes to do that.
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