Civil War Causes

From the birth of the United States, the country was always divided into two regions, North and South. The North benefited from industry, machines, factories, and even a bit of farming in the Midwest, while the South benefited from one thing. Slaves. Slaves were first brought from Africa as indentured servants, but once the demand of labor increased, they were changed into slaves, meaning they would never earn their freedom. The debate of slavery had always been a topic in politics, however it began growing with the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Soon in 1860, the country was divided into two seperate countries, the United States of America (North) and the Confederate States of America (South). However, the question still remains, what exactly caused the Civil War?

Slavery makes people that are confident and people that think they can do anything, make them feel like they can't do anything and make them not confident.

In 1861, a Civil War broke out in the United States when the South declared their independence from the Union. There is a great amount of reasons that people can argue how the Civil War was started. However, what most people don’t understand, is that most of the events leading up to the Civil War were related to slavery. Slavery was the core of the North and South’s conflict, which led to a very vicious feud.

The Civil War was caused by the economics of slavery and the political control of that system, specifically being states’ rights on the federal powers of the government, the territorial expansion of the united states that led to the division of the two sides, and the election of President Abraham Lincoln which was the final event that sent the nation to war.

Document C written by Hilton Helper, a well known political writer from North Carolina, explains why southerners want to move westward, which is to expand and advance and prove that they’re not dependent of the north. Due to the different beliefs of the north and the south, each party felt as if the other would take over, especially the north. The northerners feared the southerners would push its peculiar institution on the entire union. Soon territories wanted to become states starting with Missouri. Once Missouri made this big step, it threatened the balance of the Slave and Free states. So to control the situation the constitution created the Missouri Compromise, which let Missouri enter the union as a slave state with the addition of Maine as a free state. This only created the periodicity use of compromise, which only kept sweeping the situation under the rug. Once this was over the United States went into war with Mexico due to a dispute over Texas and its western territories. There would’ve been a law passed for the dispute, but there were some unfair ideas involved so they threw it away, yet only to return it for revision when California wanted to join statehood. The revision was soon named the Compromise of 1850 and it reshaped the Fugitive Slave Act requiring northerners to capture slaves, and this caused uproar. The conflict simmered up once again when two huge territories were up for consideration, Nebraska and Kansas. Southerners were against it due to the Missouri compromise, which would have the states enter as Free States. The constitution tried to balance the situation by creating the Kansas-Nebraska Act; however it repealed the Missouri Compromise. In document J’s note it explained how the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and how those who were moving there would have to vote. Tension between the Sympathizers and the abolitionist were created when

In 1850, Henry Clay introduced a series of propositions which concerned California as a free state and the fugitive slave law. However, Clay never succeeded in passing his plans due to differences congress portrayed within each other. In September, Douglas introduced Clays plans, but separately, and ended up…… so the Compromise of 1850 was signed. This Compromise admitted California as a free state and enforced the Fugitive slave laws among others. It created tension as northerners were unhappy with the fugitive slave law and the southerners felt threatened due to

“I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance, The Union, sir, is my country” - Henry Clay (United States History). The Compromise of 1850 was once considered despising, loathing, and abhorring. This would become altered, as it would turn out to be one of the greatest compromises in the United States and would make its mark in history. The Compromise of 1850 adopted the Fugitive Slave Act and the reason for California statehood. The compromise attempted to avoid a crisis between the North and the South, with the assistance of Henry Clay and his colleagues. The document came to be with three main ideas: significance, conflict, and compromise. The Compromise of 1850, proposed by Henry Clay, dealt with disputes

The causes of the Civil War were complex and have been controversial since the country began. Some causes include; states’ rights, economics, and slavery. The most recognizable and popular cause is slavery. The freeing of the slaves was an important moral issue at the time and one of the greatest causes of the civil war. "It was only by carefully avoiding the moral issue involved in slavery that Northerners and Southerners could meet on any common ground." (Goldston, 79). The time came in which our great country would finally address the moral issue of slavery. Although there are many different causes to the American Civil War, the main cause was slavery because other causes are rooted in the issue of slavery.

The Mexican government was angered when Texas was admitted into the Union in 1845. The two countries disputed over the boundary between Texas and Mexico, which led to the Mexican war. The Wilmot Proposal stated that any lands the U.S. acquired from Mexico would ban slavery. Southerners disagreed with this proposal, and

Henry Clay, a senator from Kentucky, proposed several measures in an attempt to save the Union. This was called the Compromise of 1850. It included the following measures: 1) California enters the union as a free state, 2) the territories of Utah and New Mexico will be able to decide for themselves if they want to be free or slave states 3) enforcement of a strict fugitive slave law 4) abolition of slave trade in the District of Columbia (Washington, DC) 5) Payment to Texas of $10,000,000 to give up certain claims to New Mexico and land north of Missouri Compromise line

Henry Clay introduced the compromise of 1850 with an intent to keep the United states together. The compromise consisted of a set of resolutions which aimed to please both North and South America and lessen the chances of civil war.

In 1860, the world 's greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North and South. There were many factors that caused this war, but the main ones were the different interpretations of the Constitution by the North and South, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the arrival of

Generally, it is thought to be the South’s fault for causing the Civil War. Contrary to popular belief, the Civil War was mainly provoked by the North; through using the federal government to overtake the South, removing slavery which would destroy Southern economy, and creating the moral issue of slavery. The North was the primary reason for the start of a war that ripped our country apart.

Over the past several decades, there has been an uncountable number of civil wars in different parts of the world which are caused by numerous underlying causes. Civil wars are “any armed conflict contained within the boarders’ of a sovereign state” Freeland Valerie. Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Science 220, “Civil Wars.” November 16th, 2017. Civil wars have played an important role in shaping political and historical events of states and societies. Some of the civil wars that have occurred have changed the way the world functions politically, economically, and socially. Thus, civil wars aggregate an enormous burden on people in society who are not involved in power politics and the wars are have an effect on the overall state formations within specific nations. The main goal of a civil war is “victory for one side, settlements where the government is united, partition, and entrenchment” Freeland Valerie. Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Science 220, “Civil Wars.” November 16th, 2017. Hence historians have argued that a number of causes contribute to civil wars and a lot of the contributing factors are very different from one another. States do not collapse unexpectedly but rather their destruction is deeply dispersed within their political institutions and it is a long process before civil wars are declared and it is nearly impossible to bring the state back to its original condition because of the corrupt governments. Thus, the

Civil wars arise from many causes, all of which are dominated and resistant to change. In order to suggest possible ways of preventing civil wars before they start, it involves finding conclusions of these causes, which is, impossible. Countries all over the globe have had, or are still facing, long running civil wars. To further explain , civil wars happen within a country or state between organized groups (Freeland, Valerie POLI 220, November 16: Civil Wars). Through class readings and topics discussed in lecture, many causes have been argued for these civil wars. Some of these causes include; greed versus grievance, small arms and democratization. While further analyzing these causes it is found through the research that they are dominant and resistant to change, and that the prevention of these civil wars are impossible. Many reasons for this are due to the youth unemployment and their involvement in gangs, trade amongst nations, greed versus grievance, and armed control. Ideas about these causes were explored to overcome a better explanation of the violence being held. There are many cases as well, when civil wars end peacefully, but due to their fragility they relate back to violence, and possibly to a greater degree. Civil wars are nearly impossible to prevent as the causes for them are unpreventable in many underdeveloped countries.