You are to write responses for the following two prompts.
1. It has been argued that the restoration of the Union was the cause of the Civil War. In contrast to that, others have argued slavery was the cause. You are to argue that slavery is the cause and include the Missouri Compromise, the Mexican American War, popular sovereignty and the Dred Scott decision in your answer. In your response begin with an explanation of how Manifest Destiny relates to the causes, and conclude with the meaning of Lincoln’s statement" the nation can no longer endure half-slave and half-free."
