What Caused the Civil War?

In the mid-1800s, the United States was separated into two opposing forces by sectionalism. This separation caused what was known as the Civil War. But what caused this war? The reasons for this secession were disputes over new land, an unbalanced economy, and the issue of slavery.

One cause of the Civil War was the dispute over new land. The South wanted it to be slave territory, and the North wanted it to be free. Ultimately, California became a free state, and Utah and New Mexico were to be decided by popular sovereignty. This was one of many other compromises the north made with the South, including the Fugitive Slave Act.

There were also some differences between the North and the South that led to war. The North had a far better economy than the South, with about twice as many soldiers, factories and people to work in the factories. More factories benefited the North's economy rather than the South, increasing tension between the two regions. Southerners relied on their plantations and slaves to work on them, so the fact that the Northerners wanted to ban slavery pushed the South to the edge.

The main reason why the South seceded was because they didn't want the abolition of slavery. The South relied on slaves so much, that they could not even think about life without them. In the North, a freed slave, Harriet Beecher Stowe, wrote about how life was like as a slave. Her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" gave Northerners a new perspective on slavery and gave birth too many abolitionists in the North. Since the South prospered on slaves and used them to help stimulate their own economy, they were not going to let slavery end without a fight.

In conclusion, the United States faced a Civil War due to the sectionalism on views that include disputes over land, an unbalanced economy, and the issue of slavery. These perspectives were to conclude whether the new states should be slave or