Civil War DBQ

The Civil War was one of the most memorable and historical wars in America. The conflicting beliefs of the north and south lead to a war that consisted of at least 616,000 casualties. Originally, the war began in hopes to prevent the states of the south from leaving the Union of the U.S. States of the south seceded because of a difference of ideas regarding slavery. Some people believe that slavery was the primary cause of the Civil War, though slavery did play a major role in the upbringing of the civil war I do not believe that it was the dominant cause of the war. The first reason that I believe that the statement that the Civil War’s primary cause was slavery is incorrect is that the war began, to prevent disunion in the U.S but, slavery was only a factor that would cause disunion or secession of the south. On March 4, 1850, in John C. Calhoun’s address to the U.S Senate, he states, “I have, Senators, believed from the first that the agitation of the subject of slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effective measure, end in disunion.” (DBQ 7, Slavery and the Civil War,1846-1860, Document A)This shows that Congress was more concerned about disunion and that because slavery threatened the unity of the United States it became a contributing factor of the disunion of the south. …show more content…
This compromise was one of the last efforts to prevent the Civil War from taking place. The Crittenden Compromise was created with the objective to ensure the permanent existence of slavery in the states that it was permitted and reinforce the line that separated the free and slave states. Showing that people were concerned with the issue of southern secession, and the compromise was created to prevent the separation of the south and to do this they tried to change slavery laws showing that the main concern was secession and slavery was only a collateral factor or