Conflict can be the result of a build-up of tension rather than a single event.
Next, the teacher will describe to the student the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin to include information about its author, the characters and general plot, and its impact on society. Then, the teacher will describe the Dred Scott decision, the raid on Harper's Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln, the states' secession from the union, and the attack on Fort Sumter. The teacher will emphasize that these events were causing a build-up of ill feelings between the North and the South. The teacher will give the class a written test in which the student will be asked to describe 3 of the 6 events that sparked the Civil War and the impact each event had on the North and the South. This could be a week long activity.