Causes of the Civil War
One of the disagreements the north and south had was over slavery. While the confederacy was full of cotton plantations, the union was factories. The confederacy saw slavery as a necessary source of labor, while the union saw it as inhumane and cruel. It raised lots of tension between the two sides.
A group of anti slavery supporters helped slaves escape from their plantations through the "underground railroad". The people that helped the slaves would make secret rooms in the floor to hide the slaves if their owner were to come looking for them. The slaves and the people who helped them all knew if they were to get caught, the slaves themselves would get seriously beaten or even killed while the abolitionists could easy get prison sentences or death. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabins was published first as a anti slavery newspaper article in 1851 then into a book format in 1852. Within two years it was a nation and world wide bestseller. It offered a vision of what it was really like being a slave. . The book met its goal, which was to start an anti-slavery movement across the nation. Upon meeting Stowe, President Lincoln remarked, "So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war. Dred Scott was a slave who fought for citizenship through the American legal system, and whose case eventually ended up in the Supreme Court. The famous Dred Scott Decision in 1857 denied his request saying that no person with African blood could become a U.S. citizen.
States Rights refers to the battle between fed real and state laws. Some states saw it as their choice whether or not to follow federal laws. The south believed that if they didn't like a federal law, they didn't have to follow it. The north believed everyone should follow federal laws, no matter what. This resulted in the north and south having different laws.
Taxes was anther reason.
The North started taxing the South for imports, which was one of the things they did most. Some states didn't comply with this law, which increased tensions between the North and south.
The last major reason was sectionalism. The southerners thought as their state first, then the south, then the country, while the northerners thought their country, then state, then north. The different economy also played a large role in sectionalism.
A group of anti slavery supporters helped slaves escape from their plantations through the "underground railroad". The people that helped the slaves would make secret rooms in the floor to hide the slaves if their owner were to come looking for them. The slaves and the people who helped them all knew if they were to get caught, the slaves themselves would get seriously beaten or even killed while the abolitionists could easy get prison sentences or death. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabins was published first as a anti slavery newspaper article in 1851 then into a book format in 1852. Within two years it was a nation and world wide bestseller. It offered a vision of what it was really like being a slave. . The book met its goal, which was to start an anti-slavery movement across the nation. Upon meeting Stowe, President Lincoln remarked, "So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war. Dred Scott was a slave who fought for citizenship through the American legal system, and whose case eventually ended up in the Supreme Court. The famous Dred Scott Decision in 1857 denied his request saying that no person with African blood could become a U.S. citizen.
States Rights refers to the battle between fed real and state laws. Some states saw it as their choice whether or not to follow federal laws. The south believed that if they didn't like a federal law, they didn't have to follow it. The north believed everyone should follow federal laws, no matter what. This resulted in the north and south having different laws.
Taxes was anther reason.
The North started taxing the South for imports, which was one of the things they did most. Some states didn't comply with this law, which increased tensions between the North and south.
The last major reason was sectionalism. The southerners thought as their state first, then the south, then the country, while the northerners thought their country, then state, then north. The different economy also played a large role in sectionalism.