Causes the civil war by Wyatt Schwantes

Slavery

schwawya — 2025-04-15 19:32:19 UTC

Slavery was very big in the south and the north did not like it.

Economic Differences

schwawya — 2025-04-16 19:17:33 UTC

The North's industrial economy contrasted sharply with the South's agrarian economy based on slave labor.

States' Rights vs. Federal Power

schwawya — 2025-04-16 19:22:00 UTC

Southern states advocated for greater state autonomy and believed the federal government should have limited power.

Westward Expansion

schwawya — 2025-04-16 19:27:53 UTC

As the United States expanded westward, the issue of slavery in new territories became a major point of contention.

The Election of Abraham Lincoln

schwawya — 2025-04-16 19:30:18 UTC

He was anti slavery.

Fort Sumter

schwawya — 2025-04-16 19:37:33 UTC

The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861, marked the official beginning of the Civil War.

Abolitionism

schwawya — 2025-04-17 15:22:13 UTC

The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North, advocating for the end of slavery and fueling further division.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

schwawya — 2025-04-17 15:25:03 UTC

This Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and had no right to sue in federal court, further exacerbating the issue of slavery and its potential expansion.

Bleeding Kansas

schwawya — 2025-04-17 15:27:02 UTC

In the 1850s, violence erupted in the Kansas Territory over whether it would enter the Union as a free or slave state, highlighting the deep divisions over slavery.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

schwawya — 2025-04-17 15:28:17 UTC

This law allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery, leading to further conflict.

Secession

schwawya — 2025-04-17 15:29:10 UTC

Following Lincoln's election, several Southern states seceded from the Union, forming the Confederacy, which triggered the outbreak of war.

Partisan Politics

schwawya — 2025-04-17 15:31:35 UTC

The political parties of the time, particularly the Republican Party, reflected the growing sectional divide, with the Republicans taking a stronger stand against the expansion of slavery.

uncle tom's cabin

schwawya — 2025-04-17 15:32:48 UTC

A book about anti slavery.