1. 1.Preserve the Union 1. Independence 2. Strong National Government 2. Strong State Governments 3. Anti-Slavery 3. Pro-Slavery 4. No Expansion of Slavery into New Territories 4. Expand Slavery into New Territories 5. Industrial 5. Agricultural 6. Urban 6. Rural 7. Northern Transcontinental Railroad 7. Southern Transcontinental Railroad Causes of the Civil War 3 S’s 1. States Rights

2. States Rights (South) Doctrine that says that the states, not the federal government, have the ultimate power. Example: If the government in Washington, D.C. made a law the states thought was wrong, the states could disobey it.

3. 1.Preserve the Union 1. Independence 2. Strong National Government 2. Strong State Governments’ 3. Anti-Slavery 3. Pro-Slavery 4. No Expansion of Slavery into New Territories 4. Expand Slavery into New Territories 5. Industrial 5. Agricultural 6. Urban 6. Rural 7. Northern Transcontinental Railroad 7. Southern Transcontinental Railroad Causes of the Civil War 3 S’s 1. States Rights 2. Slavery

4. Slavery (North & South) The northern states wanted to end slavery and the southern states said, “No Way!”

5. 1.Preserve the Union 1. Independence 2. Strong National Government 2. Strong State Governments’ 3. Anti-Slavery 3. Pro-Slavery 4. No Expansion of Slavery into New Territories 4. Expand Slavery into New Territories 5. Industrial 5. Agricultural 6. Urban 6. Rural 7. Northern Transcontinental Railroad 7. Southern Transcontinental Railroad Causes of the Civil War 3 S’s 1. States Rights 2. Slavery 3. Sectionalism

6. Sectionalism “Save the Union” (North) To be more concerned with regional problems than national unity. a.North – Free States, Industrial b. South – Agricultural, Slave States c. West – Free States, Agricultural d. Because of economic ties and anti- slavery feelings, the North and West banded together.