Essay On The Causes Of The Civil War

The Civil War was a war fought between the North and the South, over multiple things. Many people make the mistake that the Civil War was fought just because of slavery, however they couldn't be more wrong. Some of the political failures that lead to to the start of the Civil war were; The Missouri Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, and John Brown’s violent acts. The Missouri Compromise occurred in a time when tensions were high between the states that wanted slavery and the states that did not. In 1819, Missouri wanted to be a slave owning state, but still be in the North. This did not go over well because it could potentially ruin the balance of states that had slaves and the states that did not. According to History.com,”The United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave

This happened to be violence, which is somewhat ironic because he is fighting to get rid of something so cruel and violent with more cruelty. John Brown attacked many people who wanted slavery in America, sometimes he would even kill them. Somehow these violent acts attracted those from the North who also did not want slavery, and he became loved by many. These people who loved him so dearly, would fight with him, however this did not last long because he was eventually captured and killed for his violent acts. According to History.com,”By early 1858, he had succeeded in enlisting a small “army” of insurrectionists whose mission was to foment rebellion among the slaves. In 1859, Brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry. Their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. Brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon.“ One can see how his acts could really upset those who he was attacking (primarily southerners), which cause them to want to fight