Pre-Civil War Essay The Civil War arose out of the issue of the rights of states and both the economic and political rivarly between the South and the North. States in the South seceded from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln, but the election of Lincoln was not the only cause of the South's secession. Many events and movements increased the tension between the North and the South even before the election of …showed first 75 words of 769 total…

…showed last 75 words of 769 total…largely criticized by the antislavery group in the North. These events were not the end of the conlficts between North and South. Followed by John Brown's raid in 1859, the tension clashed into its acme. The southerners denounced Brown's action but some people in North regarded him as a martyr. After the election of Abraham Linclon, South Carolina seceded from the union and so did the other southern states. In 1861 the Civil War fially broke out.