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Tension between the North and the South is growing stronger and stronger. The election of 1860 is one of a divided nation. The North is becoming more and more industrial and against slavery. Transportation and technologies are evolving and creating more opportunities. The invention of the cotton gin is making the South more reliable on slavery, while the North thinks industrialism is the way to go. After the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, all four candidates have a variance of views on what should happen next for the nation.
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