Events That Triggered The Civil War

There were many events that triggered the Civil war. The Civil War was fought between the southern states and the northern states. The war started in April of 1861 and ended in May of 1865. The Northerners had about 22 million soldiers, while the Southerners only had about 9 million soldiers. That having been said, The Northerners had over twice as many soldiers as the Southerners. The location of the war was all over the Unites states, but majority of the fighting occurred in Virginia and Tennessee. During the Civil war about 620,000 soldiers died from many different reasons including combat, disease, and starvation. Now that we have covered some information about when and where the war took place. Let’s dive right into the events that triggered the Civil War.
There are quite a few events that led to
The first event occurred in 1820 and was named the Missouri Compromise. It all began with the disagreement between pro-slavery and anti-slavery. The breaking point happened in 1819, when Missouri requested to be a slaved state. It was such a big deal, because there were twenty-two states, which were evenly split into eleven slave states and eleven free states. Hence why there was so much tension on Missouri being a slave state, because it would throw off the balance. Congress then coordinated a two-part compromise, letting Missouri become a slave state, but making Maine become free state. This was when the Missouri Compromise was set into place. Any states above the 36° 30’ latitude line are free states excluding Missouri. Any states below the 36° 30’ latitude line are slave states.
The next trigger event of the Civil War is Nat Turner’s Rebellion. Turner was born into slavery in 1800 in Virginia. Turner worked long hard hours with