The Causes of the Break up of the Union: the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Decision of the Dred Scott Case and of Course, Slavery

The American Civil War was the bloodiest American War, which placed brother against brother and tested the will of the Union. There were many causes to the breakup of the Union in 1860 to1861, but there are three that stood out the most. Many people believe that the Civil War was a war fought solely over slavery, but the reality was it was fought on several fronts. The three main causes were: the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the decision of the Dred Scott case, and the South's cultural influenced fanaticism on slavery.
In 1854 Kansas territory wanted become a state. …