Prompt: After reading the Digital History assignments, you may have noticed there is a lot to process when it comes to learning about the secessional events that led to the American Civil War. While activists had been fighting for the abolition of slavery for decades, their cause did not arouse enough support to cause a bloody war between citizens. As you read, ask yourself: what other social, political, and economic factors collided to create the abrupt decision of civil war?

Write one clarifying question you have about the information you read and explain one fact that you learned was a short-term cause for the American Civil War after reading all three assigned sections. Select one sentence from the readings as textual evidence of the fact you explained.