Causes of the Civil War

The five main causes of the Civil War were the formation of the Confederate States of America, sectionalism, the secession of the Southern states, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Missouri Compromise of 1820. At the time, many events angered both the North and the South. Those causes were the most influential, and had the largest impact on the progression of pre-war hostility.
On February 4, 1861, delegates from six states met in Montgomery, Alabama to discuss the formation of a new nation. They would call it The Confederate States of America. …