What+caused+the+Civil+War?+-SL


 * //When reflecting upon what caused the Civil War, the most common answer is "slavery", this response is correct, however, the immediate focal point that comes to mind is the Election of 1860. During this election the candidates were Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell. The outcome of the election is what infuriated the Southerner's, Lincoln won. The Southerner's weren't distraught over the fact that Lincoln won, as much as they were over the fact that they had not had him on their ballet, meaning not a single southerner voted for him, yet, he still won. After that, the southerners realized how little of a voice they had in the government and as a direct result of the election; the southern states of South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas seceded. //**