Causes of the Civil War

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Causes of the Civil War

• Study Guide
• pgs. 134-159 in Social Studies Book

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Economic Differences between the North and South

• The Norths economy was based on what?
• Factories!!!
• Where did most of the people in the North live?
• Cities!!!!

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• The Souths economy was based on what?
• Farming (agriculture)!!!
• Where did most of the people in the South live?
• Plantations and small farms!!!

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Differences between the North and South Vocabulary
Economy How people make a living Population How many people live in a certain area Slavery Keeping a group of people against their will
Tariff A tax on goods brought into the country States Rights An idea that the states make decisions for them selves instead of the federal government Sectionalism Loyalty to one part of the country

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Differences that Divided the North and the South

• Economy
• Population
• Slavery

• North had factories while South had farming.
• North had more free people than the South.
• The North was against slavery while the South was
  for it.

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Antislavery Movement Vocabulary

• Abolitionist
• Someone who worked to end slavery
• Discrimination
• Unfair treatment of particular groups
• Underground Railroad
• Series of escape routes and hiding places to
  bring slaves out of the South.

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Antislavery Movement

• What was someone who spoke out against slavery
  called?
• Who was the largest group of people to work in
  the abolitionist movement?
• What secret organization helped enslaved people
  escape?

• Abolitionist
• Free African Americans
• Underground Railroad

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Compromise and Conflict Vocabulary
Slave State A state that permitted slavery Free State A state that did not permit slavery Union Another name for the United States
Popular Sovereignty The right of people to make political decisions for them selves Fugitive A person who is running away
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Missouri Compromise

• Missouri was accepted to the Union as a slave
  state.
• Maine was accepted to the Union as a free state.

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Compromise of 1850

• This gave popular sovereignty to people in some
  of the territories (they could decide if they
  wanted slavery or not)

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

• This act gave popular sovereignty to people
  living in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.

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Fugitive Slave Law

• A law that said slaves must be returned to
  slavery and ordered citizens to help capture
  fugitives.

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Uncle Toms Cabin

• A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that
  described the evils of slavery and convinced many
  Northerners that slavery was wrong.

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Dred Scott Case

• Dred Scott argued in court that he should be free
  because he once lived in a free state. The court
  ruled against him and said that slaves were
  considered property.

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John Browns Raid

• John Brown was an abolitionist who led a violent
  rebellion against slavery and he was killed.

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Summary

• The North and South in the 1850s were divided
  over many issues including economics, politics,
  and slavery. These division were not resolved by
  compromise and eventually lead to the Civil War.