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1: We think that the main cause of the civil war was the differences between the north and the south. If the North and the South did not have any differences then they wouldn't have these issues. They would understand the views of the other side and would not have an issue to begin with.
2: All 7 events have the over arching theme of peoples needs not meeting up. This caused any issues that they had most likely.
3: I would have done absolutely nothing. I believe it was a necessary stepping stone on the road to a country free of discrimination.

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Event 7: Election of 1860, Secession, and Attack on Fort Sumter

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Event 7: Election of 1860, Secession, and Attack on Fort Sumter

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This was the election of Abraham Lincoln. The primary issue with this election was the issues of slavery and states rights . This issue and the outcome of the election angered the citizens of the south and eventually led up to secession and the attack on Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter was the first Battle of the Civil War. A historian quote is, "The South was committed to an agrarian way of life. It was a land where profitable and efficient plantations worked by slave labor produced cotton for the world market. It was also a land where a majority of its white population was made up of subsistence farmers who lived isolated lives on the edge of poverty and whose literacy rates were low compared with those in the more densely populated North". This shows that the two parts were going in different directions before secession.

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Event 6: Differences between North and South

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Event 6: Differences between North and South

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The Differences between the north and the south cab be contributed to why they declared war. The north did not have a need for slaves because they did not have any land that was good for a plantation and the land is more suitable for smaller farms. Because the different areas had different needs they weren't always open to the accommodating of the other areas.According to battlefeilds.org, "The Civil War that raged across the nation from 1861 to 1865 was the violent conclusion to decades of diversification. Gradually, throughout the beginning of the nineteenth century, the North and South followed different paths, developing into two distinct and very different regions".

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John Brown was an abolitionist with very strong opinions on slavery. His plan was to get together with a group of people and they were going to raid Harper´s ferry while they would collect the slaves as they went along. Although their  efforts did not last long. According to ushistory.com, "Brown's strange effort to start a rebellion was over less than 36 hours after it started; however, the consequences of his raid would last far longer. In the North, his raid was greeted by many with widespread admiration. While they recognized the raid itself was the act of a madman, some northerners admired his zeal and courage. Church bells pealed on the day of his execution and songs and paintings were created in his honor".

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Dred Scott v. Sanford is a court case where they determined that a slave who escapes and runs to a free state is not free and must return with his/her master. This means that slave owners can come up to the free states and capture their slaves and force them to work for them again. This angered the northerners because some slave owners would claim slaves to be theirs that were in reality free people and it created more tension.

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A bill was passed which made the territories out west vote on whether or not to include slavery. This really upset the northerners because they believed that it shouldn't be up for debate however it pleased the southerners. People fled into the states that were up for debate to influence the outcomes and this period came to be known as bleeding Kansas because of the sheer amount of violence in this area which was up for debate. People consider this one of the most important things that led up to the american civil war.

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Here is a short summary of the story. Uncle Tom was a slave. His owner and him were on good terms. It influenced the northerners views on slavery.There was a girl named little Eva who's father purchased Tom and they became good friends. Eva's health gradually declined. Eva's wish was for her father to free all of the slaves. The book was important because it laid the ground work for the civil war and It was a popular book and was anti slavery. According to historians the theme of the text was, "the evil and immorality of slavery".

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The compromise of 1850 was a division of territories set by the United states government. The slave Holding states and the north argued on the new territories and who they belonged to. The compromise itself relieved some of the tension between the north and south. According to historians, "The Compromise became possible after the sudden death of President Zachary Taylor, who, although a slave owner, wanted to exclude slavery from the Southwest. Whig leader Henry Clay designed a compromise, which failed to pass in early 1850 because of opposition by both pro-slavery southern Democrats".

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There are many known events on the timeline that can be attributed to the start of the civil war. Historians and citizens alike tend to change their general opinions on what caused the war.