What caused South Carolina to secede from the United States?

Use the chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Causes of the
Civil War
The Long-term Causes

The Short-term Causes
Sectional economic and cultural differences Kansas-Nebraska Act splits political parties
Debate over expansion of slavery into the territories Breakdown of the party system
Political compromises failed to ease sectional differences and resolve questions of expanding slavery
· Missouri Compromise (1820)
· Compromise of 1850
· Kansas-Nebraska Act (185

Question

What caused South Carolina to secede from the United States?

Use the chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Causes of the
	Civil War
The Long-term Causes
	
The Short-term Causes
Sectional economic and cultural differences 	Kansas-Nebraska Act splits political parties
Debate over expansion of slavery into the territories 	Breakdown of the party system
Political compromises failed to ease sectional differences and resolve questions of expanding slavery
·      Missouri Compromise (1820)
·      Compromise of 1850
·      Kansas-Nebraska Act (185

anonymous · Answer

A. The Growth of the anti-slavery movement
	
B. Debate over the expansion of slavery into the territories
	
C. The breakdown of the party system
	
D. Increased sectional tensions due to new laws

jtfan2000 · Answer

growth of anti slavery movement