The Causes of the American Civil War

The Causes of the American Civil War

By Bronagh Murphy

Multiple Choice

What is a civil war?

• A war fought between people of the same country

• A war that is fought across multiple countries

• A war that is fought over 5 years

• A war that is mostly peaceful

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What were the TWO sides fighting in the American Civil War?

• Great Britain

• The North (Union)

• The South (Confederate States)

• The 50 US States

• The Midwest States

​What was the American Civil War?

• ​The American Civil War took place between 1861 and 1865. It started when the southern states seceded and became their own country known as "The Confederate States of America".

  The rest of the United States (known as the North or the Union) fought to force the Confederate States back into the country.​​

  ​It was the deadliest war in American History.

Multiple Choice

According to the image above, how many Americans died during the Civil War?

• 115,000

• 4,044

• 2,200

• 620,000

Multiple Choice

What was the Antebellum Era?

• The time period leading up to the Civil War

• The time period of the Civil War

• The time period after the Civil War

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What is sectionalism?

• When people of a country are united around a common cause

• When people from different regions of a country care more about their region than the unity of the country

• When the economy hits a downturn because of a lack of trade between regions

• When there are parts of the country that separate (secede)

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What were THREE sectional differences between the North and South that led up to the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Immigration policies

• Economic differences

• Different opinions on the power of state vs. federal government

• Trade policies

Multiple Choice

Why did westward expansion increase tension between the North and the South?

• They had different opinions on if war was necessary with other countries

• They had different opinions on treatment of Native Americans

• As new states were added representation would change and each region wanted to maintain their power in Congress

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What did the north and the south try to keep balanced as the country expanded westward?

• the number of free and slave states

• the rates of tariffs

• the population of the states

• the costs of trade between regions