Overview

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Overview
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• The American Civil War was one of the most
  defining moments in our history.
• But Why?
• What caused this war that ripped families apart
  and threatened both a way of life and the fabric
  of a nation?

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Do you know?
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Answer this Question

• What was the cause of the Civil War?

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Answer

• There was not one cause but many.
• Are you thinking
• Hey, I disagree!! What about Slavery?
• Everybody knows thats what caused the war.

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But was it?

• or
• Was it something else?

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Slave pen.bmp
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John C. Calhoun
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Daniel Webster
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Henry Clay
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Frederick Douglass
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Harriet Tubman
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A Northern response leads to Southern Anger
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John Brown
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But maybe theres a political resolution that
hasnt been considered?What do you think?
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The Northern Resolution
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The Southern Response
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