Causes of the Civil War H.W.

What is a Civil War?

• A war between people of the same country

• A war that is fought across multiple countries

• A war that is fought for over 5 years

• A war that is mostly peaceful

What were the TWO sides fighting in the American Civil War?

• Great Britain

• The North ("Union")

• The South ("Confederate States")

• The 50 U.S. States

• The Midwest States

What was the Antebellum Era?

• The time period leading up to the Civil War

• The time period of the Civil War

• The time period after the Civil War

What is sectionalism?

• When people of a country are united around a common cause

• When people from different regions of a country care more about their region than the unity of the country

• When the economy hits a downturn because of a lack of trade between regions

• When there are parts of the country that separate (secede)

What were THREE sectional differences between the North and South that led up to the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Immigration policies

• economic differences

• different opinions on the power of state vs. federal government

• trade policies

Why did westward expansion increase tension between the North and the South?

• They had different opinions on if war was necessary with other countries

• They had different opinions on treatment of Native Americans

• As new states were added representation would change and each region wanted to maintain their power in Congress

What did the north and the south try to keep balanced as the country expanded westward?

• the number of free and slave states

• the rates of tariffs

• the population of the states

• the costs of trade between regions

The American Civil War took place between _______ and ______.

• 1861

• 1871

• 1865

• 1875

The American Civil War started when the southern states seceded from the country. What does the word secede mean?

• together

• separated

• mixed

• happy

In the video that we watched in class, the journalist said, "Our nation was built on the slave's ________."

• head

• shoulders

• neck

• back