Causes of the Civil War

Loyalty to your state or region over the country as a whole was one cause of the Civil War known as

• Slavery
• Secession
• Sectionalism

This cause was both a political and moral issue and led to additional causes of the war.

• Secession
• Slavery
• Sectionalism

The North was industrial or manufacturing, and the South was

• Agricultural
• Architectural
• Astrological

Taxes on imported goods are called

• Income Tax
• Tariffs
• Revenue

The election of _____________ led the South to secede because they believed the Republicans would end their way of life.

• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Jefferson

Tariffs were beneficial (good) for the 

• South.
• North.
• West.

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

• Most Texans thought that their economy couldn't survive without slavery.
• Most Texans fought to end slavery.
• Most Texans owned slaves and didn't want to lose their property.

People who believed that slavery was wrong and tried to stop it

• abolitionists 
• habeas corpus
• state's rights
• secede

Someone running away from their owner (slave) or from the law

• fugitive 
• slave state
• free state
• state's rights

To leave, or quit, a group or union

• secede
• state's rights
• sectionalism
• habeas corpus