Three of the major causes of the Civil War deal mainly with the idea that the South’s Break Up was a direct result from the lack of consideration that the North had. Each cause was created by a sort of tension between the two. Each had their opposite ideas of how the U.S. should be ran, along with the way of living. Mainly tensions were brought up and about from slavery decisions such …showed first 75 words of 1088 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1088 total…the property and places belonging to the government.” He promised that the government would not “assail” the states of the South, and he pleaded with the Southern people not to act quickly but to give the new administration a chance to prove that it was not a threat. Lincoln seems to have believed that with time, and without an act of provocation, the states in secession might return to the Union, but time ran out.