Causes of the Civil War

What divided the North and South?

• Different cultures, economies, and ideas about government.

• Who should be allowed to settle the western frontier

• How many senators each state was allowed in Congress

People lived in urban cities.

• North

• South

People lived in the rural towns, villages, and plantations.

• North

• South

Economy focused on making goods in factories

• North

• South

Economy focused on agriculture, especially growing and selling cotton.

• North

• South

Liked high tariffs because they encouraged people to buy their manufactured goods.

• North

• South

Disliked high tariffs because they worried other countries would then raise their own tariffs, leading to less cotton sold.

• North

• South

Believed the federal government was supreme over state governments.

• North

• South

Believed that state governments were more powerful than the federal government.

• North

• South

Relied on slavery to power its economy

• North

• South