Civil War Causes

(a)   a loyalty to one's own area of the country, and concerns over states' rights all contributed to the start of the civil war.

The economy of the North was mostly (a)   .

The economy of the South was mostly (a)   .

The differences in economy led to major (a)   between the North and the South

Abolitionists believed.....

• Women should have equal rights.

• Slavery should be legal in the south.

• Slavery was wrong and slaves should be freed immediately.

• Slavery should end gradually so as to not hurt the Southern economy.

While slavery was generally not practiced in the North, people in the (a)   felt that enslaved labor was necessary to their way of life.

Each time a new (a)   was added to the country, there was a struggle over whether the state would be added as a free or slave state.

In 1854, the _________ Act allowed citizens in Kansas to vote on whether their state would be a free or slave state.

• Kansas-Nebraska

• California-Nebraska

• Georgia-Tennessee

• Kansas-North

The fighting that happened after this act was passed led to the time period that was called _________.

• Nebraska Battle

• Kansas Battle

• Bleeding Nebraska

• Bleeding Kansas

People in the South were upset when _________ was elected president.

• Obama

• Lincoln

• Washington

• Miss George