The North wanted to abolish slavery. The South wanted to keep slaves. Abraham Lincon was one of the most important people in the United States Civil War. He signed the Emancipation Proclamation. He also o was President. Yay for Lincon victory!!!
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In the north, it was mostly high class white folks and in the south it was poor whites with the exception of a few rich white men who owned slaves. The rest of the population in the south was poor blacks.
The base cause of the Civil War was the disparate cultural differences between the North and the South. The South was primarily agrarian and the North was primarily industrial.
The beating of Charles Sumner show that the relations between the North and South created events that led to the Civil War.
North was against making slaves states in the west South wanted to make slave states in the west
The Caning of Charles Sumner showed that the North and the South were deeply divided. Northerners were outraged at the caning and Charles Sumner became a martyr in the North. Preston Brooks became a hero in the South and was praised by southern newspapers. Brooks' assault was also an important part of changing the struggling Republican Party into a major political force.
Most of the North did not approve of slavery and voted for Abraham Lincoln. While the South was the opposite, they heavily relied on slavery and most of them did not vote for Abraham Lincoln.