Causes of the Civil War Students will create a 3- to 4-page paper highlighting o

Causes of the Civil War
Students will create a 3- to 4-page paper highlighting o

Causes of the Civil War
Students will create a 3- to 4-page paper highlighting one of the events listed in the assignment instructions.
For more than 160 years, historians have painstakingly searched for the one factor that caused the American Civil War, the event that caused disunion to turn to war. The search is so intense that the American Civil War is one of the most researched events in the history of the United States. Throughout Unit VII, we have seen various events or variables that could be identified as a factor that has set the United States on a path toward the American Civil War. This one factor and its impact will be the focus of our Unit VII assignment.
Assignment Instructions:
After reading the Unit VII Study Guide and Chapter 14, select one event from the list below:
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Presidential Election of 1856
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
Presidential Election of 1860
Write a scholarly paper in which you accomplish the following:
Explain why you believe this single event caused such intense disunion within the United States that the country was placed on a trajectory toward the American Civil War.
Provide an insightful and thorough analysis of the event.
Clearly describe how it served as a catalyst for the American Civil War.
Include how major social, political, and economic dynamics may have played a role in the event.
Your paper must be three, but no more than four pages in length. The title page (if used) and the reference page do not count toward this requirement.
You must use at least at least three peer-reviewed or academic resources, two of which must come from the CSU Online Library, to support your paper.