Causes of Civil War

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  • 1st cause

    The cotton Gin. it created more slave plantaions, which increased slavery

  • States Vs. federal rights

    the argument for better state rights or the argument for the federal government to have better control

  • slave Vs. non-slave

    the missouri compromise forbid slavery above the 34, 30" line. the wilmont proviso outlawed slavery in new territories. it got the south angry

  • underground railroad

  • abolition

    slavery got more and more hated among the northern poeple. Uncle Toms Cabin made the hatred worse.

  • President Lincoln

    the south thought that he was anti-slavery and didnt think that was fair, so a lot of states left the union

  • fort sumter