Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer: 

Step 1: Identify and read two secondary sources on the causes of the Civil War.  One of them should be the textbook.
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Step 2: Write a 300-400 word response analyzing the readings.
Use a word processor (like MS Word) to write your response to one of the following questions:

How did railroads contribute to sectional tensions?
What was the Dred Scott case?  Why was it significant?  Did it make the Civil War inevitable?
What led to the creation of the Republican party?  Why was this significant?
Who was John Brown?  What role did he play in the start of the Civil War?
Why did the presidential election of 1860 have the political effect that it did?