Cause Of Civil War
There have been many assumptions on what actually caused the Civil War in the United States in 1861. Some believe that the culture differences between the North and South caused the war. Others believe that it was political issues such as tariffs, election of president,or different political parties. Also, people believe that the reform movements during this time could have also caused the war, for example, the temperance movements, women’s rights, and abolition. However, no matter how many assumptions were made, the Westward expansion and further growth of the United States truly caused the Civil War. The first reason why the growth of the United States caused the Civil War was because it led to the sectional division …show more content…
Thus, making cotton one of the most important of crops in the South and to maintain the cotton they needed all the slaves they could have. It became so important of a crop that some even said “Cotton is king” as referred to in Document D. In Document D, South Carolina Senator James Hammond expressed his opinion on cotton. Saying how important it became to the South, that if they would stop the production of cotton it would affect the whole world. Therefore, when the North wanted to abolish slavery in the South, they thought it was absurd. Resulting in the North and South developing different beliefs, becoming more culturally different. The second reason why the growth caused the Civil War was because after the increase of slavery in the South, regulations were being to be placed on slavery causing chaos between the North and South politicians. There was already a problem with the balance of amount of representatives from both the free and slave states in the Senate in begin with, but after the Westward …show more content…
With all the compromises that completely failed, the issue with slave vs. free states, and the growing differences between the north and south, a civil war was bound to happen soon. However, the other assumptions that people have of what caused truly caused the war are not completely wrong. The cultural differences did lead to the civil war, but it was not the root cause of the war because without Western Expansion, the United States would not have been as exposed and would not have had such drastic differences that would lead to a civil war. The political issues also lead to the war, but again it was not the root cause of the Civil war because if the addition of the new states would have not happened, the political issues would not have been about slavery or how many states would represent in the Senate or even the election of the president because slavery would not in such a demand as it was with the addition of the states. Furthermore, the reform movements did have its effect on the civil war but the not the main cause. The only reform movement that did have a great cause on the war was the abolishment of slavery but again without the growth of the United States, the abolishment would not have been as serious as it was because if the growth would have never happened, the amount of slaves would not have increased as large as it did with the growth. In other words,
There have been many assumptions on what actually caused the Civil War in the United States in 1861. Some believe that the culture differences between the North and South caused the war. Others believe that it was political issues such as tariffs, election of president,or different political parties. Also, people believe that the reform movements during this time could have also caused the war, for example, the temperance movements, women’s rights, and abolition. However, no matter how many assumptions were made, the Westward expansion and further growth of the United States truly caused the Civil War. The first reason why the growth of the United States caused the Civil War was because it led to the sectional division …show more content…
Thus, making cotton one of the most important of crops in the South and to maintain the cotton they needed all the slaves they could have. It became so important of a crop that some even said “Cotton is king” as referred to in Document D. In Document D, South Carolina Senator James Hammond expressed his opinion on cotton. Saying how important it became to the South, that if they would stop the production of cotton it would affect the whole world. Therefore, when the North wanted to abolish slavery in the South, they thought it was absurd. Resulting in the North and South developing different beliefs, becoming more culturally different. The second reason why the growth caused the Civil War was because after the increase of slavery in the South, regulations were being to be placed on slavery causing chaos between the North and South politicians. There was already a problem with the balance of amount of representatives from both the free and slave states in the Senate in begin with, but after the Westward …show more content…
With all the compromises that completely failed, the issue with slave vs. free states, and the growing differences between the north and south, a civil war was bound to happen soon. However, the other assumptions that people have of what caused truly caused the war are not completely wrong. The cultural differences did lead to the civil war, but it was not the root cause of the war because without Western Expansion, the United States would not have been as exposed and would not have had such drastic differences that would lead to a civil war. The political issues also lead to the war, but again it was not the root cause of the Civil war because if the addition of the new states would have not happened, the political issues would not have been about slavery or how many states would represent in the Senate or even the election of the president because slavery would not in such a demand as it was with the addition of the states. Furthermore, the reform movements did have its effect on the civil war but the not the main cause. The only reform movement that did have a great cause on the war was the abolishment of slavery but again without the growth of the United States, the abolishment would not have been as serious as it was because if the growth would have never happened, the amount of slaves would not have increased as large as it did with the growth. In other words,