The Inevitable Causes Of The Civil War
The Civil War was an inevitable conflict that was due to the differences between the North and South societies, slavery, and politics. After the Declaration of Independence, the American society changed. It shifted from small agrarian societies to the industrial boom in the north; the migration of thousands of black slaves, and slavery being a viable economic system. Together, these caused a growing conflict between economic interests, social classes and regions that were involved with politics.
During the first half of the nineteenth century, economic differences between the North and South increased. Cotton was the chief crop of the South, and it represented just over half of all U.S. exports. The profitability of cotton completed the South’s dependence on the plantation system and need for slavery. The North, by then, was an established industrial society. Labor was needed, but not slave labor, so immigration was vital for industries success and thousands migrated to the U.S. from Europe. The immigrants worked in factories and built railroads in the north. The south eventually opposed high tariffs placed on imported goods and increased the price of manufactured articles, while the north demanded high tariffs to protect …show more content…
its own products from foreign countries.
Another cause of the Civil War was the differences between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents.
America began to expand first with the Louisiana Purchase and then by the Mexican War. Question was raised as to whether the new states admitted would be slave states or free states. The Missouri Compromise made a rule that prohibited slavery in states from the former Louisiana Purchase. Then the Compromise of 1850 was created by Henry Clay to deal with the balance between slave and free states, northern and southern interests. Another issue that increased tensions even more was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. It created two new territories that would allow the states to use popular sovereignty to determine whether they would be free or
slave. Lincoln was elected in 1860, and by then tensions between the north and south were already bad. South Carolina issued its "Declaration of the Causes of Secession." They believed that Lincoln was anti-slavery and in favor of Northern interests. Lincoln agreed with the majority of the Republican Party that the South was becoming too powerful and made it part of their platform that slavery would not be extended to any new territories or states added to the union. Before Lincoln was even president, seven states had seceded from the Union: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
Because of the disagreements between the north and south in regard to politics, slavery, and imported goods it was inevitable that the Civil War would happen.
During the first half of the nineteenth century, economic differences between the North and South increased. Cotton was the chief crop of the South, and it represented just over half of all U.S. exports. The profitability of cotton completed the South’s dependence on the plantation system and need for slavery. The North, by then, was an established industrial society. Labor was needed, but not slave labor, so immigration was vital for industries success and thousands migrated to the U.S. from Europe. The immigrants worked in factories and built railroads in the north. The south eventually opposed high tariffs placed on imported goods and increased the price of manufactured articles, while the north demanded high tariffs to protect …show more content…
its own products from foreign countries.
Another cause of the Civil War was the differences between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents.
America began to expand first with the Louisiana Purchase and then by the Mexican War. Question was raised as to whether the new states admitted would be slave states or free states. The Missouri Compromise made a rule that prohibited slavery in states from the former Louisiana Purchase. Then the Compromise of 1850 was created by Henry Clay to deal with the balance between slave and free states, northern and southern interests. Another issue that increased tensions even more was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. It created two new territories that would allow the states to use popular sovereignty to determine whether they would be free or
slave. Lincoln was elected in 1860, and by then tensions between the north and south were already bad. South Carolina issued its "Declaration of the Causes of Secession." They believed that Lincoln was anti-slavery and in favor of Northern interests. Lincoln agreed with the majority of the Republican Party that the South was becoming too powerful and made it part of their platform that slavery would not be extended to any new territories or states added to the union. Before Lincoln was even president, seven states had seceded from the Union: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
Because of the disagreements between the north and south in regard to politics, slavery, and imported goods it was inevitable that the Civil War would happen.