The ways in which regional tensions can challenge national unity are:
This refers to the moment of unease that usually spills into full-blown conflict over certain issues in different areas of a country.
Based on American history, we can see that the South had lots of slaves and while many abolitionists called for the end of slavery, the Southern states refused and this led to the American Civil War.
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