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Causes of the Civil War John Brown’s Raid vs. Industrial Revolution John Brown’s Raid was a more influential cause to the civil war than the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution caused incompability between the North and the South. The North relied on wage laborers with the new machine age economy while the South relied heavily on slaves. So, the North did not need slaves for their economy and fought to free the slaves. The South fought to in order to keep their cotton production going (Causing the Civil War). However, John Brown’s Raid created a more emotional response in the country. Brown gathered followers to seize arsenal …show more content…

The divisions were finally creating a breaking point (Causes of Civil War). Abraham Lincoln is elected and the southerner plantation owners are outraged because he promised to abolish slavery. They are passionate and defensive on the issue and will not back down without a fight. This promise by Lincoln is the final breaking point that pushes for war to begin. Second Great Awakening vs Fugitive Slave Act The Second Great Awakening increased the concern of slavery, which added onto the issue and made it more prominent, ultimately leading to war. The Fugitive Slave Act put the Northerners in a tight situation though. They were opposed to slavery, but this act forced them to return runaway slaves to their owners. On top of that, African Americans that were not slaves were being wrongfully accused and given absolutely no rights. The Second Great Awakening increased the concern, but the Fugitive Slave Act actually put Northerners in a position of accepting slavery and they were not going to take it. Therefore, the Fugitive Slave Act is a more moving cause to the Civil War. It made the Northerners have to decided if they were going to sit back and let the South take over their territory and let slavery spread in a sense, or would they stand up for what they believe in and fight for it? Fighting is certainly what they did (Appleby). Cotton Gin vs Missouri Compromise Although the Missouri Compromise clearly divided the country between

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