The south required slaves because of their farming and cotton industries. Where the North was more industrial, so they didn't need slaves as much.
<span>The slave trade was increased so British could export more cotton
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On August 31, 1935, Congress passed<span> the first </span>Neutrality Act<span> prohibiting the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States to foreign nations at war and requiring arms manufacturers in the United States to apply for an export license.</span>
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (though they were already in line to surrender before we did that)