Causes of the Civil War

I read an article titled, Top Five Causes of the Civil War, written by Martin Kelly. His first cause of the Civil War was the "economic and social differences between the North and the South" (Kelly). This is important because this helped set up the sides of the war because if they were all equal economically and socially, then there wouldn't have been any clear cut borders for the different sides. His second cause of the Civil War was the "states versus federal rights" (Kelly). This is important because this gives the people something to fight about. His third cause of the Civil war was "the fight between slave and non-slave state proponents" (Kelly). This is important because it gives a clear cut two sided war. His fourth cause of the Civil War was the "growth of the abolition movement" (Kelly). With this growth, the south where the pro-slavery people are need to fight back so slaves won't get abolished and the north where the anti-slavery people are need to fight back at the south so the south won't get its way and end the movement. His last cause of Civil War he says in this article was "the election of Abraham Lincoln" (Kelly). This is important because he was anti-slavery, and therefore, a huge advocate for the abolition movement which the south was against. This all relates to my life because I have many black friends and I can not imagine not even knowing them because they were supposedly a 'lesser being'. In my opinion, they are a 'greater being' because after going through so many years of horrible prosecution, blacks everywhere have risen up and now we have a black president of one of the most powerful nations in the world.

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarmenu/a/cause_civil_war.htm

Kelly, Martin. "Top Five Causes of the Civil War." About.com. About.com. 15 Mar 2009 .