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Page 85
... interests . If the South felt impelled to secede on economic grounds in 1860-1 , why had the West never seriously threatened to do the same , for it , too , had its special economic interests and its fears and resentments of the power ...
... interests . If the South felt impelled to secede on economic grounds in 1860-1 , why had the West never seriously threatened to do the same , for it , too , had its special economic interests and its fears and resentments of the power ...
Page 94
... interests , the strength of Northern anti- slavery would be transformed . The whole would surely be greater than the sum of its parts . It was the achievement of the Republicans in the 1850s to articulate just such a unifying concept ...
... interests , the strength of Northern anti- slavery would be transformed . The whole would surely be greater than the sum of its parts . It was the achievement of the Republicans in the 1850s to articulate just such a unifying concept ...
Page 406
... interest . The United States sought to defeat the rebels without either fighting Britain or abandoning the long - term American position ; Britain sought to protect its citizens and their immediate interests while avoiding involvement ...
... interest . The United States sought to defeat the rebels without either fighting Britain or abandoning the long - term American position ; Britain sought to protect its citizens and their immediate interests while avoiding involvement ...
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