What Caused The Civil War Dbq Analysis

The Three Causes of the Civil War

During 1861 through 1865 over three million men fought in the Civil War. We did not go to war to end slavery and slavery is what divided us but not in war. The Missouri compromise wanted to settle the issue between sectionalism and nationalism. Nationalism is the patriotic feeling for your country and Sectionalism is the interests in a specific local place. What are the three main causes of the Civil War? The three main causes of the Civil War were the Dred Scott Case, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Abolitionist. These causes can be supported in many political, economic, and geographic ways.
To begin, the Dred Scott Case caused the Civil War in many economic ways. The Dred Scott Case was economic because in Document 8 it states the question “Can a Negro whose ancestors were sold as slaves be a member of the community? It is not the province of the court to decide upon the justice or
The Abolitionist were political because they supported and helped slaves be set free from legal, social, and political restrictions and advocated immediate equal rights for African-Americans. Abolitionists were the small part of Americans who were vocal, patient, and wanted to end slavery. According to Document H “The Free Laborer must work or starve. He is more of a slave than a Negro, because he works longer and harder for less allowance than the slave and has no holiday, because the cares of life begin when its labors end. He has no liberty and not a single right.” The Abolitionist caused the Civil War because they caused so many fights about slavery and they stood up for the people that were treated so horribly. Although some people might think that the Abolitionist did not cause the Civil War because they wanted to end slavery, the abolitionist did cause the Civil War because they caused fights between who could control each territory and claim it as a free or slave