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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