Which of the following issues do you feel were most central to provoking civil war: the debate over slavery, the debate over states’ rights, or the growing economic and social differences between North and South? Defend your position by discussing specific events from the 1850s.

Civil war

Which of the following issues do you feel were most central to provoking civil war: the debate over slavery, the debate over states’ rights, or the growing economic and social differences between North and South? Defend your position by discussing specific events from the 1850s.