Causes of the American Civil War

What is a civil war?

• A war fought between people of the same country

• A war that is fought across multiple countries

• A war that is fought 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 US States

• The Midwest States

According to the image above, how many Americans died during the Civil War?

• 115,000

• 4,044

• 2,200

• 620,000

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

The South devoted a lot of land to - 

• plantations
• textile mills
• mining caves
• small farms

Check all the states that allowed slavery in the year 1850.

• New York

• Alabama

• Texas

• California

Slavery was mostly used in the _____ United States

• North

• South

• West

• North and South

Who is this?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

The Southern States broke away from the Union because...

• The United States wanted to go to war with other countries.

• The United States needed more slaves.

• Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were enemies.

• The United States wanted to end slavery.