Essay | Causes for Southern Sucession

As a country, the United States had exerted endless amounts of energy in order to fashion a unified nation. However, in 1860-61, certain pressures drove the south to try and secede from the union. These pressures were, and still are, rigorously argued about. Nevertheless, the split between the North and the South did not just happen all at once. It took place gradually, and was motivated by a few things; slavery playing the lead role. Economic, social, different perspectives concerning constitutional interpretation, as well as the election of Lincoln all contributed to the attempted withdrawal of the South from young America.

Document 2 portrays the North as a region out to get the South. Albert Gallatin Brown claims northerners hate the South and teach their children in their schools and churches to do so as well. Actions such as the honoring of John Brown...
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