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Although the sectionalism debate was over the spread of slavery into the western
territories, what were the real issues that caused the split between the North and the
South? In your opinion, was a military conflict between the two sections of the country
inevitable?
After the 1787 constitution was drafted the North and the South had grown further apart
on the basis of economy, society and ideology. The North was afraid of the South based on it
would force its peculiar institution on the entire union. The fears were realized based on the
expansion of slavery into the Western territories, in fear of an emerging dispute the federal
government resolved the issues through comprising some of the issues. Comprises seemed to be
one sided hence the difference between the north and was not only on the sectionalism basis.
The difference between the North and the South was on the basis of economic activity. In
