What were 3 causes of the Civil War?

Answer 1

Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe was definatley a cause of the Civil War. It stirred up some people and told the truth behind slavery. Abraham Licoln Later referred to harriet as the 'Little Lady Who Started the Great Big War' It's about a slave named Uncle Tom who lead a pretty ease life. His wife loves him very much, he has lovely children, and his owner and himself grew up together. One day the owner runs out of money and gets a morgage from a friend. Well, not exactly a friend. Any way, the owner is not able to pay it back. The owner gives Tom to the friend, who is mean and Cruel to his slaves. But while the slaves are going to their new home on a ship, a little girl sees Tom, and she goes to play with him. They become good friends and she begs her daddy to buy him. He does, and Tom begins a new job. He has a very easy life again, until the little girl falls deathly ill. She dies, but before that, she requests that Tom be set free. The father agrees, and needs to contact his lawyer. The father goes into town and dies as well. Then the wife, who has been sick , and despit the housekeepers plea to follow the request of the little girl, sells Tom to a very rich, mean man. Meanwhile Tom's wife Chloe is working to make the money to buy Tom back. All is awful, but worse goes to worse when a couple runs away, and Tom knows where they are. He refuses to tell, and gets lashed harshly. He is then left to die. Chloe raised the money and the son is sent to fetch him. However, it is to late and Tom is beyond curing. He dies in the Son's arms. Slavery Slavery itself was a major cause of the Civil War. The Drett Scott case, John Brown's raid, and the mighty increase in slavery also started the War. The Drett Scott case was where Drett Scott had been to a free state, and thought that this meant he was free. The Supreme Court rued 7 to 2 that slaves are not Americans thus don't have the right to sue. John Brown was an Abolistionist who believed in voilence. He attacked towns and stole weapons that he was going to give to the slaves to shoot themselves free. He killed many innocent people in doing so. Before he could make his major raid, he was stopped. He was tried with treason and was in the gallows the next day. The Fugitive Slave Law Act The Fugitive Slave Law Act states that any runaway slave in the North may be taken down to the South. It also said that if and Northerners were to help the slaves, the Northerners would face fines, jail time, and possible execution if it continued.

Answer 2

Sectionalism, Federalism, and Slavery