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1、CausesofAmericanCivilWar:Rootreason:ThedifferenteconomicsystembetweentheSouthandtheNorthAsweallknow,theeconomicsystemofthenorthwascapitalisteconomicsystem（资本主义经济制度）,while,thesouthwasplantationeconomicsystem(种植园经济制度）,whichmeantanunavoidablewar.1.Afterobtaining

2、thewesternland,theNorthproposedtodeterminethenewstateastheFreeState.SouthernslaveholdersstrovehardtoexpandslaverytothewestandpromotedNewJerseyasaslavestates.WithAmericanterritorialexpansion,thefriction(矛盾）ofthenorthandthesouthbecamefragile.2.1854inthenorth,th

3、eRepublicanPartywasestablished.3.Inthesameyear,anarmedstruggleofthattheSouthernslaveholderswereagainstthewesternfarmersandimmigrantsfromtheFreeStatebreakoutinKansas.4.In1857slaveholdersattempttoexpandslaverytotheentireterritoryoftheUnitedStates.ThisledtotheJo

4、hnBrownuprising.ImportantReason:Thedebateoftheabolitionofslavery.HarrietBeecherStoweistheauthorofUncleTom’sCabinThestoryisdominatedbyasingletheme:theevilandimmoralityofslavery.ThisbookdepictedlifeforAfricanAmericansunderslavery.Itenergizedantislaveryforcesint

5、heAmericanNorth,whileprovokingwidespreadangerintheSouth.TheSignificance:ThisnovelgaveafairlyaccuratepictureofsouthernplantationlifeandthemostimportantpointwasthatitwasconsideredtotouchofftheAmericanCivilWar.Thedirectcauseofwar:AbrahamLincolnwaselectedaspresid

6、ent.1860,AbrahamLincolnwaselectedasAmericanpresident,Lincolnrepresentedinterestofthenortherncapitalists,sothiselectionannoyedthesouth.AfterDemocraticPartyfailedinelection,thesouthbegantopreparerebellionandfoundedtheConfederateStatesofAmerica(美利坚联盟国）;theRepubl

7、icanParty(共和党）,ledbyAbrahamLincoln,hadcampaignedagainsttherebellionandfoundedUnitedStatesofAmerica(美利坚合众国）.