Civil War Causes

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

• Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it

• Most Texans did not own slaves so it did ot have an influence.

• Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy

• Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade

Before the Civil War, The South was:

• Pro-Slavery

• Anti-Slavery

• The Union

• More populated than North

This legislation said that slavery in Kansas and Nebraska would be decided by vote. It lead to lots of violence.

• Kansas Nebraska act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Raid on Harper's Ferry

What was the goal of many laws Congress passed in the lead-up to the Civil War?

• To persuade citizens to elect Lincoln as President

• To restrict new states from joining the country

• To persuade the Confederacy to return to the Union

• To balance power between the North and South

Which detail shows that the US had violated the statement that "all men are created equal"?

• The Civil War tested our nation like nothing before

• Four million people were enslaved in America in 1860

• Southerners were scared to lose their power as the nation grew

• Six southern states seceded from the nation after Lincoln was elected

What is the idea that people are loyal to the area where they live because of the differences in economics, social beliefs, and geography?

• State's Rights

• Sectionalism

• My Area is the Best

• Emancipation

The South believed 

• the federal government should hold all power and make all political decisions.

• the federal government and state government should be equal partners.

• the states should hold the power because they would be easier to influence.

• states rights would end slavery.

Why did Sam Houston not want to secede?

• He felt that the Union would crush the North, and there would be violence and destruction

• He felt that the Union would Crush the South, and there would be violence and destruction

• He felt that Texas needed to work on their economy 

• He felt that Texas needed more plantations and slaves 

To break away from, or withdraw from something

• Abolish

• Secede

• Repeal

• Compromise

Before the Civil War, the North was:

• Weak

• Anti-Slavery

• Pro-Slavery

• The Confederates