Causes of the Civil War

Sectionalism refers to... ?

• A party created by being anti-slavery

• Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole

• Expanding the institution of slavery to the western territories.

• The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States

The South's ________ made growing plants much easier than it was in the north.

What are tariffs?

• Unique factory buildings that helped in the processing of cotton

• Governmental bills surrounding slavery

• The style of ship used by southerners to transport cotton

• Taxes on imports and exports from other countries

The election of Republican President _________ ___________ was one of the factors that led to southern states seceding from the United States

Abolitionists were.... ?

• Anti-slavery

• Pro-slavery

• Largely Catholic

• Mostly located in the south

The Southern economy was... ?

• Much stronger than the Northern economy

• Reliant on the demand for cotton from plantations and textile mills

• focused on constructing ships

• Reliant on the manufacturing of factories based in and around Richmond, Virginia.

The Compromise of ________ allowed California to be a free state but other new territories could decide to be a slave or free state.

A government principle in which the power is divided between the national government and state governments.

• Keynesianism

• Sectionalism

• Constitutionalism

• Federalism

"This is a Union of equal states, and no state can force another state either to remain in it or withdraw from it."

-Texas State Gazette, October 20, 1860.

The quote above is referring to which cause of the Civil War?

• States' Rights

• Sectionalism

• Slavery

• Economics

The image above refers to which cause of the Civil War?

• Sectionalism

• Tariffs

• Slavery

• States' Rights