Causes of the Civil War

Won the presidential election of 1860.

• Lincoln

• Douglas

• Kansas

Many people were killed in fights in this state over whether this state should allow slavery.

• South Carolina

• Texas

• Kansas

When people identified more with their region than with others across the country.

• federal

• sectionalism

• westward

This type of labor was relied on heavily for many southern farms.

• slavery

• sectionalism

• federal

The first state to secede from the Union.

• Kansas

• Virginia

• South Carolina

Southern states felt that this government was taking away their rights and powers.

• local

• federal

• sectionalism

People who believed slavery was wrong and should be illegal.

• politicians

• abolitionists

• federalists

Southern states felt they had the right to leave, or do this, at any time.

• secede

• protest

• mediate

Expansion in this direction caused many fights in the United States.

• North

• South

• Westward

• Eastward

Which best describes the text structure the author used to write the passage?

• He compared and contrasted the economies of the North and South.

• He explained how President Lincoln won the election.

• He described the main causes of the Civil War.

• He described the problems caused by the Civil War and gave solutions.