Answer to Question #151554 in History for Sebastian Torres

Question

How did both "King Cotton" and the Antebellum Reform movement bring America closer to Civil War?

Answer 1

"King Cotton" prolonged a profound social tragedy of America - slavery because slave-produced cotton led to the American Civil War. Likewise, the "King Cotton," the Antebellum Reform characterised by the development of separate economies, northern and southern, the westward expansion of the American nation, and a spirit of reform created an uncertain and dangerous political environment that led to the Civil War indeed.