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Answer: In sum, Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin widened the chasm between the North and the South, greatly strengthened Northern abolitionism, and weakened British sympathy for the Southern cause. The most influential novel ever written by an American, it was one of the contributing causes of the Civil War.
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The new territories reduced the North's dependency on the South for cotton and other raw materials. The cost of gaining new territories in war harmed the South because its smaller economy couldn't afford it.
Depending somewhat on the time-period in question, it was the "military" who often wielded a large amount of power and control, since they restricted many individual liberties.
