It is very much hard to answer.
It was mainly because of how the North and the South of America had different lifestyles and economy's. You would be surprised to know that the Democratic party back then supported Slavery and the republicans dint support Slavery.
Plain Answer: Because of Slavery, Way of Life and Different Economy. The Democratic Party would do anything to keep themselves supported.
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Rational-legal legitimacy derives from a system of institutional procedure, wherein government institutions establish and enforce law and order in the public interest. Therefore, it is through public trust that the government will abide the law that confers rational-legal legitimacy
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At the time it was already obvious that the Allies would win and it was only a matter of time till Japan surrenders. However, the Japanese were not ready to surrender, and the only other alternative that the Allies had was to lauch a land attach, which would result in even more casualties. So the <span>Allies attacked both civilian and military targets in Japan
to avoid even more losses</span>