Holy shoot, you just keep them coming!
By the 1700's Austria and Spain were in conflict with each other over territory in Italy.
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Answer:
Instead of coming to terms with each other in a suitable fashion, sectionalism drove each person to be "a member of their state", instead of being a "american". This led to conflicting interests, which boiled down to war. Each person went to war for reasons of their state, instead of what Lincoln wanted, the preservation of the Union.
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