Civil War

Today we studied the events that lead up to/caused the Civil War. We were given many different events that took place before the Civil War and were told to choose two causes that lead to the war. I chose slavery in the South and Uncle Tom's Cabin. I chose these two events because they both show the separation in the nation before the Civil War broke out. The South wanted slavery and they believed that it was a good thing, even for the slaves because they would get taken care of at their old age. The North wanted slavery to be abolished and these two strong ideas are what started the separation and led to the war. Then a book by the name of Uncle Tom's Cabin was published and almost everyone in the North had read it while it was banned in the South. This made the two thoughts even stronger because now the people in the North know some of the things slaves went through and people want slave laws to be stronger so there won't be books like Uncle Tom's Cabin. Then we were to predict two things about the war. For example, I said that the North would win because they had more people, money and transportation. I also said that the South would give the North a hard time because the people in the South are more motivated.