Today we looked at more causes of the Civil War. For one literature had an important impact on the divide in America. Uncle Tom's cabin which would become an instant success opened the north to what happened under slavery. Despite being a fictional book it amazed many in the North and pushed for abolition. The nullification crisis was another split between the north and south, this one on tariffs. The south felt they were being taken advantage of at the expense of the North. Despite a solution and a compromise, we see a growing rift between the two parts of the United States.
Uncles Tom's Cabin, Nullification Crisis