Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

ISSUES

Industry v. Agriculture

The differences between how the North and the South make their money becomes a huge issue in the Union.

Multiple Choice

At the time, the South's most important crops were...

• Tobacco and cotton

• Cotton and indigo

• Indigo and tobacco

• Indigo and rice

States' Rights

Each state believed they had the right to decide whether or not to follow federal laws. Southerners supported states' rights because they believed they had the right to own slaves and leave the Union if they chose to.

Multiple Choice

States in the South believed

• They should have more representatives in Congress

• They were better

• They were French

• They should have the right to decide their own laws

Multiple Choice

Popular sovereignty was the idea that

• slavery would be banned in all future states.

• the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

• the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

• slavery would be allowed in every future state.

Slavery

A major export in the South is cotton. The South invests in slaves to work on plantations, instead of factories and railroads. When the cotton gin was invented, the need for slaves increased. The United States produced almost 2/3 of the cotton for the entire world.

Multiple Choice

Which best explains the impact the cotton gin had on slavery?

• Slavery decreased because this machine increased production.

• Slavery increased because this invention helped cotton farmers, but indigo, rice, and tobacco became major crops.

• Slavery increased because more slaves were needed to pick cotton.

• Slavery decreased because people started to realize that they could industrialize and not use manual labor.

Slavery

The North was against slavery and did not want slavery to expand into the Western territories. Slavery became a huge issue as the country was expanding. The issue was debated every time a new state would be added to the Union.

Multiple Choice

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the provision of women's suffrage

• the expansion of slavery

• the building of railroads

• support for the homesteading

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe writes an important book titled "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about a runaway slave escaping to the North, which makes people aware of the issue of slavery. This book is sold to hundreds of thousands of people.

Multiple Choice

This was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery.

• Harriet's Cabin

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Slavery is Evil

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Multiple Choice

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison are examples of

• Supreme Court Justices

• abolitionists

• the other 3 presidential candidates in the election of 1860

• governors in slave states

Election of 1860

Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election of 1860 for the Republican Party. The South is scared that Lincoln will abolish slavery in the Union.

Multiple Choice

How many political candidates were there during the election of 1860?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 1

Open Ended

Why were the Southern states afraid of Abraham Lincoln becoming president?

Secession of Southern States

After Lincoln wins the election, South Carolina votes to leave the Union. After South Carolina, ten other states follow and unite to become the Confederate States of America.

Multiple Choice

Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Hawaii

• Great Britain

Multiple Choice

What caused Southern states to secede from the Union?

• a major tax increase from the federal government

• the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA

• Lincoln freeing all enslaved African Americans in the South

• Charleston's port being blockaded by the Lincoln

Poll

Based on the economy of the North and the South, who do you think would be more prepared for the Civil War?

• North

• South