Question

Which of the following actions was the immediate cause of the Civil War?

A.
secession over border disputes

B.
secession over international tariffs

C.
secession over the issue of slavery

D.
secession over the Missouri Compromise

Answer 1

C. secession over the issue of slavery

Southern states seceded primarily because they wanted to preserve slavery (and the political power it represented); the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and fears he would restrict slavery triggered the immediate wave of secession that led to the Civil War.