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Answer: The issue of slavery.
The North and South were strongly divided during the election of 1860 between<em> Abraham Lincoln</em> (Republican Party), <em>Stephen Douglas</em> (Northern Democrat),<em> John C.</em> <em>Breckenridge </em>(Southern Democrat) and<em> John C. Bell </em>(Constitutional Union Party).
<em>The Northern states were in favor of ending slavery</em> because they were Industrial states, the majority of the population worked on factories and lived in big cities and slavery had died in those states. In<em> the South</em> agriculture was predominant they focused on large-scale farms and crops of tobacco and cotton,<em>and they didn't want slavery to end. </em>
1. Christopher Columbus sailed on his first voyage in 1492.
2. Jacques Cartier (French explorer) established the first fur trading between 1530-1540
3. The Muscovy Company was founded in 1555.
4. First Spanish settlement was established in 1565. (St. Augustine, Florida.)
So it goes, Christopher Columbus sets out on his first voyage, The French establish a fur trade in Canada, The Muscovy Company is founded, and The Spanish establish their first settlement in North America.
Answer:
The answer is Federalists.
Most importantly federalists believed in a strong central government, and did not support powerful state governments.
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