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Causes of the Civil War
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1. What Caused the Civil War. 2
1. What Caused the Civil War? 2. List ANYTHING you know about the Civil War?
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T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S Slavery S State’s Rights U Uncle Tom’s Cabin E Election of 1860
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tariffs Definition: North: South: A tax on imported goods
Wanted high tariffs so Americans would buy U.S. goods Wanted low tariffs because they imported most of their items
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T tariffs A tax placed on imported items
In the period prior to the Civil War, tariffs were designed to increase the amount of U.S. goods bought Tariffs hurt the South!
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T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S Slavery S State’s Rights U Uncle Tom’s Cabin E Election of 1860
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Industry v. Agriculture North: South: Industrial
Had lots of factories & machines Agricultural Had lots of farms & plantations Industry v. Agriculture
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Industry v. Agriculture
(Sectionalism) North = Industrial South = Agricultural Major difference in their economies separated the regions! The N and S only cared about their region and its economy!
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T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S Slavery S State’s Rights U Uncle Tom’s Cabin E Election of 1860
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Didn’t need or want slavery because they had factories
North: South: Needed & wanted slavery because they needed help planting & picking cotton to make money Didn’t need or want slavery because they had factories slavery
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S slavery The North and South disagreed about slave labor.
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T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S Slavery S State’s Rights U Uncle Tom’s Cabin E Election of 1860
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State’s rights Definition South:
Idea that states had the right to decide whether or not to follow a U.S. law Each southern state believed they should decide whether slavery was legal or not State’s rights
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S state’s rights The concept that a state had the right to not follow a federal law if they did not agree with a federal law. The Southern states believed that they should decide if slavery and tariffs were legal.
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T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S Slavery S State’s Rights U Uncle Tom’s Cabin E Election of 1860
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Uncle tom’s cabin Author: About: Harriet Beecher Stowe
The horrors of slavery
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U Uncle Tom’s Cabin A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that publicized the horrors of slavery.
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T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S Slavery S State’s Rights U Uncle Tom’s Cabin E Election of 1860
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Election of 1860 Who Wins? Reaction: Abraham Lincoln
The South SECEDES! Election of 1860
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E Election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected.
In the South, Lincoln was not even on their ballot. Southerners seceded because a Republican was elected. Lincoln was not considered an abolitionist, but was against the spread of slavery.
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