what were the reaons for the civil war?
LONG TERM CAUSES
slavery which was prohibited in the north except there were Some northern states where slavery still was legal. In the south it was totally legal. There wa also a big fight over the expansion to the west and wether slavery should be allowed or not.
abraham Lincoln his presidential victory in 1860 caused a lot of anger and eventually the secession of 7 slave holding states
the Kansas-Nebraska act this caused the failling of the Missouri compromise. Because the Kansas-Nebraska act allowed the people of the new territories to vote if they wanted slaves. So Some states above the Missouri compromise line could become slave holding states. This led to the bleeding Kansas event were pro and anti slavery people massacred eachother.
the fugitive slave act of 1950 and uncle tom's cabin caused a lot of anger in the north towards the south. Because the Showed how bad slaves were treated. Something the people in that time only could pick up by papers or books
these are Some factors that raised the tension between the north and south but the Triggering event was the battle of fort sumter which was a bombardment of U.S. Fort Sumter by the confederates. The attack was caused Because After the seccesion of South Carolina they demanded that the union would leave fort sumter and that forth was in south Carolina. Eventually the union troops surrendered and this was the leading event to the American Civil war.
slavery which was prohibited in the north except there were Some northern states where slavery still was legal. In the south it was totally legal. There wa also a big fight over the expansion to the west and wether slavery should be allowed or not.
abraham Lincoln his presidential victory in 1860 caused a lot of anger and eventually the secession of 7 slave holding states
the Kansas-Nebraska act this caused the failling of the Missouri compromise. Because the Kansas-Nebraska act allowed the people of the new territories to vote if they wanted slaves. So Some states above the Missouri compromise line could become slave holding states. This led to the bleeding Kansas event were pro and anti slavery people massacred eachother.
the fugitive slave act of 1950 and uncle tom's cabin caused a lot of anger in the north towards the south. Because the Showed how bad slaves were treated. Something the people in that time only could pick up by papers or books
these are Some factors that raised the tension between the north and south but the Triggering event was the battle of fort sumter which was a bombardment of U.S. Fort Sumter by the confederates. The attack was caused Because After the seccesion of South Carolina they demanded that the union would leave fort sumter and that forth was in south Carolina. Eventually the union troops surrendered and this was the leading event to the American Civil war.