Warm Up In your opinion, was the Civil War inevitable? Inevitable– unavoidable, certain to happen

The Civil War

Civil War Between the same nation

Words to know… Culture- the behaviors and beliefs of a group. Visible Culture Invisible parts of a culture

Facts & Dates The war lasted from ,000 Americans died (there were 30,000,000 in America at the time). What percentage of the population was this? Now we have 315,000,000 people in the U.S.

What caused the Civil War? 1. Economic and social differences between the North and South 2. The election of Abraham Lincoln 3. Slavery A. The growth of the abolition movement B. New states being added to the Union as slave or non-slave

The North and South

A main cause of the Civil War… economic and social differences between North and South URBAN - city-likeRURAL- country-like

Economic Differences NORTH– UNION Manufacturing, workshops and factories Many railroads and canals to move goods SOUTH-- CONFEDERACY Farming and agriculture define the economy Few rail lines Small farms 1/4 of farmers owned slaves

Social Differences NORTH Urban SOUTH Rural

Political SIMILARITIES! Women, American Indians, and slaves could not vote in the North or the South A few states allowed free African American men to vote In 1824 non-property owners gained voting rights

Sectionalism Strong concern for local interest

The Election of Abraham Lincoln Southerners feared that Lincoln would abolish slavery because he refused to support the spread of slavery into the Western territories

Slavery The Southern economy would collapse without slavery Pro-slavery and anti-slavery advocates came into conflict over new states being slave or free states