History, throughout the course of time is arguably based on the concept of "cause and effect"; from the triumph of the early civilizations, to the fall of the Romans, to the Industrial Revolution, to the exploitation of the Worker, to the Colonization era, to Slavery and even the American Civil War, are all "effects" that successeded a "cause. The events that eventually led to the American Civil War were basically over the core argument over the balance of power between the Northern (free) and Southern (slave) states, these events were marked with extreme divisiveness and eventually violence. Many events lead to the American Civil War, but the more direct and influential ones being the Missouri Compromise, Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Dred Scott Decision. All three of these events respectively fueled the conflict. The Missouri compromise was the first issue to pose a conflict with the balance of power between North and South which in turn led to the other events.
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Harriet Beecher-Stowe, American abolitionist and a...
Portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe Deutsch: Die Sch...Since slavery was scapegoated, the novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe touched the humaine side of the white aboloshinists. The Dred Scott Decision was quintessential in leading to the Civil War because it turned back the clock on the seemingly positive progress made by the past compromises.
The institution of slavery had been a divisive issue in the United States for years before Missouri petitioned Congress for admission to the Union as a state in 1818. Since the Revolution, the country had grown from a mere 13 states to 22 and had managed to maintain a balance of power between slave and Free states. But when Missouri wanted to be admitted into the Union as a state they debate arose as to weather admit it was a free state or as a slave state. Even though...