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Sectional tension increased during the mid 19th century bringing America into a civil war. There were a few important factors that helped to increase tensions in both the North and the South. Some of these factors were the Anti-Slavery movement, Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Fugitive Slave Law, John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and the election of Abraham Lincoln into Presidency. There were quite a few events that caused tensions in …

…Union. The most important general factor that led the United States into civil war was the issue of slavery. Though the causes of the war involved many different elements such as conflicting nationalisms, the definition of freedom, and the preservation of the Union; a large number of them dealt with slavery. The issue of slavery generated very strong feelings in the North and South and events like those described in this essay escalated the tension.