When Lincoln was elected as President, it was clear to slaveowners that there would be efforts to abolish slavery. White southerners who did not own slaves had nothing to lose, therefore southern slaveowners worried their loyalty would sway towards the anti-slavery movement. This would be detrimental to slaveowners as they would not only have Northerners trying to take away their slaves, but their fellow neighbours as well.
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The Protestant Reformation encouraged growth of nationalism in Europe by encouraging people to identify their religion with their local and state language.
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U.S President James Polk offered to buy California and New Mexico before the mexican american war, but his offered was rejected by the Mexican government.
