Civil War - Causes

Main cause of the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Election of Lincoln

• Tariffs

• Sectionalism

Election of 1860

• Slavery

• Lincoln elected President

• Tariffs

• Sectionalism

North supported

South opposed

A tax on imported goods

• Slavery

• Lincoln elected President

• Tariffs

• Sectionalism

Loyalty to a region

• Slavery

• Lincoln elected President

• Tariffs

• Sectionalism

North opposed

South supported

the rights and powers are held by the states rather the federal govt

• Slavery

• Lincoln elected President

• Tariffs

• States Rights

The Union -

• The North

• The South

• The East

• The West

The Confederacy -

• The North

• The South

• The East

• The West

Economy in the North:

• Agriculture/Farming

• Industries/Factories

Economy in the South:

• Agriculture/Farming

• Industries/Factories

-The South secedes from the US

-The Civil War begins

• 1821

• 1836

• 1845

• 1861