History, throughout the course of time is arguably based on the concept of "cause and effect"; from the triumph of the early civilizations, to the fall of the Romans, to the Industrial Revolution, to the exploitation of the Worker, to the Colonization era, to Slavery and even the American Civil War, are all "effects" that successeded a "cause. The events that eventually led to the American Civil War were basically over the core argument over the balance of power between the Northern (free) and Southern (slave) states, these events were marked with extreme divisiveness and eventually violence. Many events lead to the American Civil War, but the more direct and influential ones being the Missouri Compromise, Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Dred Scott Decision. All three of these events respectively fueled the conflict. The Missouri compromise was the first issue to pose a conflict with the balance of power between North and South which in turn led to the other events. Since slavery was scapegoated, the novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe touched the humaine side of the white aboloshinists. …
