What+caused+the+Civil+War?+AML

 There were countless causes of the Civil War. There was the 1850 Compromise, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Dred Scott Case, and so on. But they only added to the fire, but they always wanted to make it better. They were willing to compromise with each other up to the point of the election of 1860 that caused the secession. The Civil War was inevitable by the time the southern states seceded.  The southern states said that if Lincoln - a republican - was re-elected they would secede from the union. The northerners challenged the south by asking if seceding was legal. The south had gotten their idea of secession from the declaration of independence, from when the colonies wanted to separate from Britain. They used this as proof that they could secede from the union. South Carolina was the first state to secede, and Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed right away. They, then, made their own government and the southerners called themselves the Confederate States of America. They decided to have the capital in Montgomery, Alabama, but later decided to move it to Richmond, Virginia so they could tie in the southern border states to the deep south. All the forts in the south had to surrender to the southern government, which all but Fort Sumter did. The fort's supplies were running low so Lincoln told the south that they were just sending provisions, but no auxiliary. The south still attacked the people bringing the supplies and that was the start of the war. From the secession of the states up to the war there was no room for any compromises or agreements to stop it. The south and north were too angered at each other to think about negotiations.