Road to the Civil War by Category
Social Social Economic Economic Socio-Economic Socio-Economic Political Political Regional Regional
Taxes on imports Passed to support American manufacturers (North) Loathed (hated) by the Southern planters/farmers
Free Labor (Northern factories) – Freedom to choose Forced Labor (Southern farms) – Slavery VS.VS.
Southern states believed they were a union & they should have more power than federal government Nullification Crisis KY & VA Resolutions Alien & Sedition Acts KY & VA Resolutions Alien & Sedition Acts
LOYALTY TO ONE’S STATE OR SECTION RATHER THAN THE ENTIRE NATION SOUTH SEES NORTH AS A THREAT TO THEIR WAY OF LIFE NORTH SEES SOUTH AS ANOTHER COUNTRY ABOLITION MOVEMENT IS GROWING