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The Civil War was a major benchmark in American history that greatly changed how the country looks and acts. There were many causes of the Civil War that brought Americans to a point where the war could not be negotiated out of. The point at which war was inevitable was on the day that South Carolina seceded in 1860 and was quickly followed by several other states. The Missouri compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the election of Lincoln were large pushing forces that lead the South to Secede from the Union. The secession was questioned by legality, the north say the original joining of the Union as a perpetual thing, but the south saw it as being a states choice through and through. The secession of the south was the cause of the Civil War. There was always a difference between the north and south when it came to culture, life and even personality. The two sections of the Union have always felt some what separate. The Missouri compromise was a major cause towards the south seceding because it gives a solid line in the dirt to where slaves can be and where they cant. This in the long run was a bad idea because it causes worse polarization as well as it gives a point to which if crossed or upset by change both north and south could become enraged. The Kansas-Nebraska act was that such point were the Missouri compromise line would turn into conflict. In 1854 Kansas was turned into another slave territory but now the Missouri compromise was put out so now popular sovereignty was the way to decide slave or free. Tons of border ruffians were pouring into Kansas to sway the vote towards slave and to put out the free soilers. Conflict turned the state into Bleeding Kansas. The final point that caused the south to secede was when Lincoln was elected president. Lincoln was elected in 1860 in November then during the lame duck period South Carolina lead the secession by leaving the Union first. The election of a republican abolitionist, although Lincoln was not a avid abolitionist, greatly angered the south. The secession of the south caused the Civil War. The Missouri compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska act were causes for the war involving were slaves would be legal and allowed. The election of 1860 was the tipping point for the south seceding the Union. These causes lead to the bloodiest war in American history and killed thousands of young men.