The Civil War Many issues and arguments arose before the beginning of the Civil War in 1961. The biggest issue of the war was slavery. The feeling of this issue was big enough to sectionalize the United States into two groups called the North and the South. What exactly caused the state to separate were the three issues; The Dred Scot Decision, Compromise of 1850 and John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry. Each issue pushed …showed first 75 words of 1318 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1318 total…of 1850 also seemed to draw up sides and clarify the geographical differences between the two sides John Brown’s act at Harper’s Ferry showed that the North and South were at the point of no return and any set back could force them into war. The raid crystallized the differences between the sides, and foreshadowed the violence, which was to come. The country’s uneasy stability was enough to tell the war was near.