5 causes of the Civil War

5 issues/events/actions that contributed to causes of the Civil War

• Slavery- this was a huge part of this time period. Slavery existed everywhere and led to arguments to cause the Civil War.
• Abolitionist Movement- people started striving higher law from the Constitution guaranteed for fugitives could be from any state.
• The Missouri Compromise- this was when slavery started to spread into territories no one had claimed so people against slavery rushed into the new territories to claim it.
• Nat Turner's Rebellion- started a rebellion that killed around sixty white men that led to him and fifty-five others to be tried and executed.
• English settlers in Virginia buying 20 Africans from a Dutch ship.