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There where many drastic conflicts leading up to the Civil War. But what really broke the country's back? Since War is defined as a conflict that is carried on by force of arms, the attacks on Fort Sumter mark the point of no return or chance of compromise. The U.S. Government had no choice but to go to war. When South Carolina attacked Fort Sumter, their intentions were to take out the fort before they were resupplied by the North. If they allowed it to be resupplied, there would be a fully supplied fort sitting smack dab in Confederate Territory. But, the attacks on Fort Sumter were not the first bloody attacks between Southerners and Northerners. When Kansas was battling to become a new state under Popular Sovereignty, but it was merely personal conflict. When South Carolina attacked the fort, they were viewing themselves as an Independent Nation, therefore an act of war. The Missouri Compromise didn't have as big of an impact on causing the war as actual fighting. This was a compromise that kept the country at peace for over 30 years. It's hard to say 30 years of peace lead to such a brutal war. When the Missouri Compromise was declared Unconstitutional, it left the country with only one other way to gain new states, popular sovereignty. Popular Sovereignty lead to the personal conflicts in Kansas, but this didn't lead directly to war. Other conflicts, such as the Sumner Caning, the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and election of Republican Abraham Lincoln just made the South and North more and more angry at each other, but these could have been solved with compromise. The war didn't start because a Representative beat a Senator with his cane, or the Election of a President. The war was started because South Carolina picked up arms and fired upon Fort Sumter, a Federal Fort.