Causes of the Civil War Notes Miss Springborn Team 6

What really causes the Civil War??  The war breaks out because of many different reason.  All of the reasons are based on a different of interests between the NORTH and the SOUTH regions of our country.  Ironically in 1787, James Madison said, “It seemed now…that the real difference of interests lay not between small and large states but between northern and southern states”

First Cause… State’s Rights  Old question…Who should have more power? The state or the national government?  South: Wanted State sovereignty  North: Wanted National sovereignty  Sovereignty means…authority or rule, having the power

Second Cause…Tariff Disputes  A tariff is a take on imported goods  South wanted LOW tariffs  North wanted HIGH tariffs to protect their own manufactured goods  Tariff = Tax on imported goods

Third cause…Different Economies  Economy is the way your culture/group makes money  In the south they made money through agriculture and farming  In the north they made a living through industry and manufacturing  It becomes the Planter vs. the Industrialist

Fourth cause…Slavery  In 1860 only 25% of southerners actually owned slaves  Most southerners supported slavery  Northerners opposed slavery because it was job competition between slave and free labor…slaves were paid for their work  Abolitionists will create a different argument against slavery…

Abolitionists argument against slavery…  These reformers argued for a IMMEDIATE end to slavery  They argued that slavery was cruel and unusual treatment for human beings  They argued for racial equality  They argued for voting rights for all African Americans in the nation

Some important people in the Abolitionist movement…  Frederick Douglas: former slave, great writer and speaker, becomes one the most important black leader of the 19 th century  William Lloyd Garrison: white northerner published “The Liberator”  Harriet Tubman: an escaped slave,