The Framers did not so much divide powers among the branches as they required the different branches to share power, resulting in a complex system of checks and balances that prevents any one branch from gaining power over the others.
Fugitive slave act increased sectional tension in 1850
Palmer raids was a series raid made by the US Department of Justice to capture leftists from the US. Palmer assigned J. Edgar Hoover to head a new division called the General Intelligence Division. This branch is responsible for investigating the programs of the leftists and identify their members.
So, to find out what IS a cause of the war we need to know M.A.I.N. That means Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. That would mean the choices that aren't caused are totalitarianism, defense, and industrialism.