Civil War Causes

_________ 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 ___________.

The economy of the South was mostly ________.

The differences in economy led to major _________ 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 _____ felt that enslaved labor was necessary to their way of life.

Each time a new _______ 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