Causes of the Civil War
As members of the Futurist of America Association, we have been assigned to look specifically at the cause of the American Civil #War. There are five aspects that could of led to the Civil War and they are Westward Movement, Social Change, Froeign Policy Development, Government/Politics Development, and Economic Development. Out of the five aspects, Economic Development is the best reason for the eventual Civil War. First, Westward Movement could of led to American Civil War because of the Louisiana Purchase, Wilmont Proviso, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Popular Sovereignity, Compromise of 1850, Missouri Compromise, "Bleeding Kansas", California Gold Rush, Manifest Destiny, and the Mistreatment of Native Americans. The Louisiana Purchase was done by President Jefferson because he wanted to doubled the size of the United States and to get control of New Orleans. Wilmont Proviso was to ban slaves from territories that might gbe aquired from Mexico. Kansas- Nebraska Act was the result of Douglas wanting to build railroads from Chicago to San Franciso. Douglas was a big believer in popular sovereignity, where the people have the right to decide if they want to be free of slave state, and he complet
So how can the issue of slavery suppose to separate the North from the South when they can not even gain support from the North? Garrison, who wrote the Liberator, was mobbed in the streets of Boston and almost lynched. The Women's Rights Movemet did nothing to separate the Norh from the South. Second, Social Change could led to the Civil War because of Educational Changes, Women's Rights Movement, Prohibiton, and the Abolitionist Movement. Georgia was where Georgia wanted to extend their jurisdiction into the tribal lands of the Native Americans. Americans stayed neutral, but the British closed French ports to neutral ships. The California Gold Rust occurred when gold was discovered in California and people rushed out to California. The French was digusted by the Americans, so in 1797 French privateers seized more than 300 American vessals. It was then taken to the Supreme Court, where Chief Justice Marshall said the Supreme Court do not have control over such matters. Women were abuse by their drunk husbands and as result battered women spoke out. Then there were the Midnight Judges, Alien and Sedation Act of 1798, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Jefferson, who was in favor of the French, and Hamilton, who was not , disagreed on to support during war between Britain and France, but both did not want to see the nation they fought for so hard to be destroy in twenty years. The Missouri Compromise stated that any states above the latitude of 36 30' must be free states. Prohibition was an idea that alcohol should be illegal because it ruin many home lives of Americans. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Political Parties all could of led to the American Civil War.
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