The regional enforcement and subversion of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act also added to the mounting tension and hostility between Northern and Southern states leading up to the Civil War.

各地区对1850年法案的态度不一，有的坚决实行，有的暗中违抗，从而加深了南北两方的自由州和蓄奴州之间的裂痕，敌意日渐加剧，形势日趋紧张，最终导致了内战。

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Japan’s leading military officer, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, warned Japan was going to war for oil, and would be defeated because of lack of oil.

日本的主要军事将领海军上将 IsorokuYamamoto当时警告日本，为了石油加入战争到最后很可能因为缺乏石油而战败。

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It started when the cold war ended, leading to an unprecedented period of free trade.

它始于冷战结束之时，然后是一段前所未有的自由贸易时期。

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These were the issues which were leading the country to civil war.

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But in the end, protests and peaceful revolutions in the region brought it down, leading to the re-unification of Germany, the end of the Cold War and geopolitical shifts in Europe and beyond.

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