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Causes of Civil War
civil war
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Tariff caused the Civil War because | The south thought the North was taking economic advantage of them |
| Sectionalism was | The Southern belief that they should become their own union separate from the North |
| Slavery | Seen as an economic necessity for the South and regarded as a constitutional right |
| Abolitionists | People who supported the Underground Railroad and faught to abolish slavery |
| Popular Sovereignty | People vote to have a free or slave state |
| Bleeding Kansas | John Brown attacked pro slavery people which led to a bloody fight in Kansas over pro or anti slavery |
| Election of 1860 | Lincoln becomes president |
| North | Political = Republican/National rightsEconomic = Industrial ManufacturingSocial = Anti-slavery |
| South | Political = Democratic/State rightsEconomic = Plantation farmingSocial = Pro-slavery |
| Nationalism vs. Regionalism | One united country vs. separate North and South |
| Dred Scott | Supreme Court declares Slaves as property not people |
| Missouri Compromis of 1820 | Created to keep a balance of slave and free states in congress |