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Fort Sumter was the first battle of the war. At this point, there was no turning away from war.

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Sectionalism refers to how the South and the North were different in ecomomy, views, and other reasons.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It caused great strife between the North and the South

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Uncle Tom's Cabin, Cause for American Civil War

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John Brown and The Raid At Harpers' Ferry

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John Brown and The Raid At Harpers' Ferry

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John Brown and his crew of 19 men raided Harper's Ferry on October 16 through October 18, 1859. Harper's Ferry was a weapons storehouse in the South. His raid was unsuccessful. It ended with about all of his men dead, and John Brown himself captured. His goal in raiding was to arm the slaves in the area.

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Dred Scott vs Sanford was a landmark case. This is only one of two times where the Supreme Court ruled that a law made by Congress was unconstitutional. Scott was suing his owner's widow for his freedom. He claimed that he should be free because his owner took him to free states such as Iowa and Wisconsin. He lost the case, because the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property, and they could not interfere with property.

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The South was afraid the North would try to force their opinions on them. This led to the secession of the South.

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The Missouri Compromise was a major factor leading up to the war. Missouri wanted to join the US as a slave state. That would tip the balance in Congress, in which both sides had 11 states. The compromise was that Missouri could join as a slave state, but the former territory of Maine would be able to join as a free state. That maintained the balance in Congress.

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What Was the Missouri Compromise? | History

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The South decided they wanted to secede and form their own country, the Confederate States of America. The North did not agree with this decision, and they decided to fight the secession.

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The election of Abraham Lincoln was adding a nail to the coffin of the South. Lincoln was part of the Republican party, which was an abolitionist society. Also, Lincoln was elected without even being on the ballots of ten Southern states.

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Slavery was the main cause of the war. The North believed that all men were created equal, which meant no slaves. The South, however. believed that slaves were needed for their way of life. The South's economy relied heavily on the work the slaves did.

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Bleeding Kansas was the first event of fighting about slavery. Kansas was given the chance to decide if they would be a slave state or a free state. This caused supporters to fight each other, and many people were killed in small fights.

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In the 1860s, the US was expanding at a rapid rate. With every state added that was a free state, it shifted the balance of free and slave states. This made the South very nervous.

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https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-american-civil-war/causes-of-the-american-civil-war/

http://www.historynet.com/causes-of-the-civil-war

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The North's economy was largely made up of factories and manufacturing. Therefore, the no longer had need for slaves. However, the South relied on farming, which they felt required slaves to do the work.

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A major cause of the Civil War was states' rights. The South felt that the state government should have more power than the national government, and the North disagreed.