Causes of Civil War

secede

• to break away from a nation

• to join a new country

• to move to a new state

• to win a game

States' rights

• states should not be able to make any laws

• states should obey laws made by other states

• states should make their own laws about any issue

• states should only have laws created by federal government

Name of the states that seceded

• Union

• Confederate States/Confederacy

• Southern States of America

• Slave States of America

Name of the states that DID NOT secede

• Confederate States/Confederacy

• Union

• Northern States of America

• Lincoln's Country

Civil War

• war fought between people in the same country

• war fought between neighboring nations

• war fought near the ocean

• war fought between countries across the world

Advantage for the South

• had more factories

• had more money

• plenty of food farms

• men had good solider skills

Advantage for the North

• better fighting skills

• more battles in the North

• larger population

• defending their own homes

True or False: Indiana was a part of the Union

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• False

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