Civil War 150

Civil War Live Classroom
Essential Question: What happened to start the US Civil War?

Hotspot

Click which spot is the Union (The United States of America)

Match

Match Major Causes of The Civil War

• Northern states had factories and Southern States were mostly agricultural.

• Southern states believed it was their constitutional right to have slavery.

• Southerners supported enslavement and Northerners had more abolitionists.

• Southern States seceded after Abraham Lincoln takes office

Economy

State Rights vs Federal Rights

Slavery

The Election of 1860

• Economy

• State Rights vs Federal Rights

• Slavery

• The Election of 1860

Hotspot

Where first shots of the Civil War were fired

Multiple Choice

Which side took control of Fort Sumter at the end of the battle?

• Union

• Confederate

• British

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