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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a very strong key for the start of the Civil War. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was the origin of violence against Northerners and Southerners. A document reads "It was even more powerful when it was pushed to have Kansas be admitted as a slave state despite the fact that “a clear majority” of those that lived in Kansas opposed slavery" (The Kansas-Nebraska Act as Cause of the Civil War 1). The Kansas-Nebraska Act also brought along violence to abolitionists moving to Kansas and pro-slavery citizens because of the issue on whether Kansas was going to be a free state or a slave state. The origin of conflict in Kansas is crucial to the start of the Civil War because it demonstrated to people that they will attack each other to prove their points. Out of all five of the events that I chose, I think that the Kansas-Nebraska Act impacted the start of the Civil War the most because of violence showing up before the war actually begun. Unlike other events on the list, violence in Kansas signified to both the North and the South that violence will be present because of how high tension between the two regions was.

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The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was one of the reasons for the Civil War. The new law creates a very noticeable change over time in the number of people that supported slaves on their escape to freedom. According to a document, "The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was met with even more impassioned criticism and resistance than the earlier measure. States like Vermont and Wisconsin passed new measures intended to bypass and even nullify the law, and abolitionists redoubled their efforts to assist runaways" (HISTORY). This shows the change over time on the way the North viewed slavery because they now thought that the South was gaining too much from the federal government. This impacted the start of the Civil War because the North began to disagree with slavery more than before because slavery did not apply to their own customs until slaves began running to the North and then to Canada to become free men. I believe that the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 deserves the second spot on the list because of how the law was issued. The law was forced on the Northerners, which many abolitionists deemed to be unfair, and this new law even made some abolitionists want to support slaves even more on their way to Canada. Uncle Tom's Cabin did inform Northerners on slavery but not in a way that was forced on citizens and made some states that practically ignore the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a key factor to the start of Civil War. This is because of how the North and the South viewed the book. According to a document, "In the north, it helped widen the circle of abolitionists from just the extremists, as they were thought of then.  Her novel  helped open peoples’ eyes to the problems and inhumanities of slavery" (How Did "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Affect the Civil War? 1). This quote is showing that the people of the North did not understand what slavery was like before reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The impact on the people of the North shows that Uncle Tom's Cabin had an impact on the start of the Civil War because with the people's new understanding of how slaves were treated, they were able to understand that no one should be treated in the way that slaves were. The South also saw this book as filled with lies about slavery. I place Uncle Tom's Cabin being published as third on the list because it was not forced by the government to actually read the book. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was forced on all of the citizens in the North and it caused Northerners to help slaves whereas Uncle Tom's Cabin only taught them the position of a slave in the South.

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The Dred Scott Decision was one of the last factors that angered the North and contributed to the start of the Civil War. In this case, Dred Scott's decision by the Supreme Court made abolitionists angry. A document states "The Dred Scott Decision outraged abolitionists, who saw the Supreme Court’s ruling as a way to stop debate about slavery in the territories. The divide between North and South over slavery grew and culminated in the secession of southern states from the Union and the creation of the Confederate States of America" (HISTORY). The convergence of all of the factors leading to the Dred Scott decision shows that the Dred Scott decision impacted the start of the Civil War because tension increased between abolitionists and Southerners. Tensions increased because abolitionists believed that the Supreme Court was controlled by a group of pro-slavery men and that there was no such thing as a "free" state since a slave could move to that land but then still be considered a slave if they were to go to a territory that did allow slavery. I decided to place the decision in the fourth spot because of how the Civil War actually begun. The Civil War began because Southern states were seceding from the Union. The decision only caused the North to be more angry at people that supported slavery which is not as significant as Uncle Tom's Cabin since tension rose from the North and the South since the North got a better understanding of slavery and the South deemed that the book was filled with lies of slavery. Only the North was impacted with the Dred Scott decision.

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Abraham Lincoln Elected as President (5)

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Abraham Lincoln Elected as President (5)

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Abraham Lincoln being elected as President of the United States translated to southern states to secede from the Union. Abraham Lincoln's victory in the Election of 1860 showed the motives of the South and how they were going to react to them having smaller representation in Congress. According to a document, "The North had many more people than the South and therefore control of the Electoral College. Lincoln dominated the Northern states but didn’t carry a single Southern state" (HISTORY). This shows that the significance of Abraham Lincoln being elected as president to have an impact on the beginning of the Civil War because the South did not support Lincoln at all and he still won the election. The South saw this and thought that they were never going to win an election because the North was too populous for the South to elect someone that was a pro-slavery candidate. I place Abraham Lincoln's election at the bottom of the list because of the amount of tension that was already built to that moment. The other events already increased tension and gave abolitionists and pro-slavery people a stronger understanding on the issue of slavery and Abraham Lincoln's election only showed that the South's motive was to just leave since too many things occurred before the election.