The Civil War was caused by a myriad of conflicting pressures, principles, and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences and pride, and set into motion by a most unlikely set of political events. At the root of all of the problems was the institution of slavery, which had been introduced into North America in early colonial times. The American Revolution had been fought to validate the idea that all men were created equal, yet slavery was …showed first 75 words of 1327 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1327 total…forced. President Lincoln immediately called upon the states to supply 75,000 troops to serve for ninety days against "combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings." Virginia, Arkansas, and Tennessee promptly seceded. The combination of political events, southern pride, and willfulness succeeded in paving the way to the abolition of slavery; a condition that no combination of legal action on the part of the most powerful abolitionist could possibly have accomplished.