causes of the Civil War by Adelyn Spurgeon

Election of Abe Lincoln

spurgade — 2024-04-22 14:33:01 UTC

people in the south did not like Abe Lincoln

Slavery

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:00:27 UTC

not on the minds of Northern soldiers when war started, but clearly an issue that pervaded all of the social, political and economic causes

Economic

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:01:08 UTC

two competing industries – industrial north vs. agrarian south – free labor vs. slave labor

Political

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:03:12 UTC

Every new state could ruin balance – both sides feared other side would try to mandate their society on the other federally

Social

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:04:03 UTC

North sees south as aristocratic medieval country, South sees North as corrupt immigrant urban

Catalysts

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:05:17 UTC

events that made both sides look evil, and created larger tension

The Missouri Compromise

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:08:00 UTC

Missouri’s application for statehood as a slave state sparked a bitter national debate.

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:09:31 UTC

a slave named Nat Turner incited an uprising that spread through several plantations in southern Virginia.

The Wilmot Proviso

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:10:17 UTC

The Wilmot Proviso was a piece of legislation proposed by David Wilmot at the close of the Mexican-American War. If passed, the Proviso would have outlawed slavery in territory acquired by the United States as a result of the war, which included most of the Southwest and all the way to California.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:12:09 UTC

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the second-best-selling book in America in the 19th century, second only to the Bible. Its popularity brought the issue of slavery.

Bleeding Kansas

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:13:38 UTC

This period of guerrilla warfare is referred to as Bleeding Kansas because of the blood shed by pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups

Dred Scott v. Sanford

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:17:02 UTC

Dred scott was a Virginia slave who tried to sue for his freedom in court. The case eventually rose to the level of the Supreme Court, where the justices found that, as a slave

John Brown’s Raid

spurgade — 2024-04-24 14:18:09 UTC

Abolitionist John Brown supported violent action against the South to end slavery.