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Causes of the Civil War
North VS South
1. Economic and social differences between the North and the South
North • Based more on industry
• people of different cultures and classes had to work together.
South • based on agriculture
• the southern economy became a one crop
economy, depending on cotton and therefore on
slavery.
2. States versus federal rights.
North • Favored Federal rights over
state rights.
• Due to economy
South • Favored state rights over
federal rights.
• Due to economy
3. The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents.
North • Free states
• Free states with latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes north except in Missouri (Missouri Compromise)
• Wilmot Proviso which would ban slavery in the new lands.
South • Slave states
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. It created two new territories that would allow the states to use popular sovereignty to determine whether they would be free or slave.
4. Growth of the Abolition Movement.
North • Northerners became more
against slavery.
• John Brown’s Raid
• Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
South • the fugitive slave act that
held individuals responsible for harboring fugitive slaves even if they were located in non-slave states.
5. The election of Abraham Lincoln
North • Lincoln was anti-slavery
and in favor of Northern interests.
South • Before Lincoln was even
president, seven states had seceded from the Union: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
A Few Possible Causes• Popular Sovereignty• Fugitive Slave Act• Uncle Tom’s Cabin• Kansas-Nebraska • Bleeding Kansas• Election of Abe Lincoln• Abolitionist Movement• John Brown’s Raid• Dred Scott
Union Victories Indecisive Battles Confederate Victories
New OrleansShiloh
Charleston HarborPort Royal Sound
Stones RiverBattle of the Ironclads
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
VicksburgGettysburg
AtlantaChattanooga
Sherman's Marh to the SeaAppomattox Courthouse
Fair Oaks (Seven Pines)PerryvilleAntietam
Wilderness Campaign
Fort Sumter Bull Run
Jackson's Valley Campaign The Seven Days
The Second Battle of Bull Run
Yorktown
Fredericksburg Chancellorsville
Important Battles
William Lloyd Garrison Dred ScottSojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Henry Clay - Daniel Webster."Harriet Beecher Stowe - Stephen Douglas Frederick Douglass John Brown Nat TurnerDenmark Vesey -.Jefferson DavisRobert E. Lee Ulysses S. GrantStonewall JacksonGeorge Pickett Robert Gould Shaw Abraham LincolnClara Barton
Dorothea DixTheodore WeldJohn Quincy Adams - John Wilkes Booth
Famous People of the Civil War
Northern Factory
Southern plantation
different cultures
Black and White
Federal rights
State rights
Free or Slave
Kansas Nebraska Act
John Brown
Dred Scott
Lincoln
Jefferson Davis