Argue the reasons for the American Civil War. Use primary source documents to support your reasoning. What issues present in the Constitution were central to the debate over secession? (Yes, the reason is slavery but if you just write slavery I will fail you. I need you to look at the way the government was setup in 1789 and the arguments about that which continued from then till the Civil War. Why was slavery so important and integral from an objective perspective? What compromises were made to balance power between the North and South up till that point? Why would the South think it had the right to secede, did it?) Minimum of 3 primary sources (Constitution does not count for this purpose).
