Causes of the Civil War?

Question

What are four major causes of the Civil War? I know slavery is a big one... but what about others?

Sorry, the American Civil War

Answer 1

1. The Free Trade Policy, which under the influence of Mr. John Calhoun, led to the experiment of Nullification.

2. The Advocacy of Slavery, both as already existing in the Southern States, and as propsed in the new territories of the Federal Union.

3. The Doctrine of State Sovereignty and Supremacy, in opposition to the policy of Federal Centralization and Power.

4. The takeover of Federal forts, arsenals, post offices, mints, etc. by the Southern States, by force, including the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C.

Answer 2

The Top 5

1. You have slavery already (for-slavery vs. non-slavery)
2. Economic and social differences between the North and the South.
3. States versus federal rights.
4. Growth of the Abolition Movement.
5. The election of Abraham Lincoln.

Answer 3

Actually, slavery wasn’t what began the civil war. The civil war was fought over whether or not we should remain a union that lacked slaves or divided so that one could have slaves while the other did not. The President at that time – Abraham Lincoln – recognized this war was well worth fighting. He recognized that it would be going against the Declaration of independence if we allowed half of the Nation to believe slaves were considered property while the other half did not.

Answer 4

according to my history teacher there were 4. here are the notes i took on them in class a while ago.

1. slavery
north: didn't like it. knew it was immoral and had it abolished long before the south did
south: loved it- got their crops grown quickly and cheaply so that they made a ton of money and got rich
west: not really involved

2. Internal Improvements (like trains, roads, etc):
north: loved it- an increase in protective tariffs which would benefit their economy and easier trade with the west
south: hated it- meant an increase in protective tariffs which was really bad for their economy, and didn't really benefit them- not necessary
west: liked it- easier trade with the north

3. protective tariffs:
north- loved them, meant that a tax would get put on all foreign products, so people woudl buy american ones, which made northerners richer because only their products woudl get bought. they were very industrial
south- hated them. discouraged trade between the US and england because england wouldn't want to ship things to the US if they woudln't get sold. this hurt the south's economy drastically because they did a lot of trade with england (ex. cotton)
west: didn't really care, could go either way. did a lot of domestic trading, so not really connected to the outside world

4. the sale of cheap lands:
north- didn't like it- meant that workers needed in the factories woudl move out west to a better place promising adventure and independence (the workers were very important to the north's industrial economy)
south- liked it- cotton production can spread, more slave states
west- liked it. easier to settle their land