1. Causes of the Civil War

2. 1. What Caused the Civil War. 2
1. What Caused the Civil War? 2. List ANYTHING you know about the Civil War?

3. T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S
Slavery S
State’s Rights U
Uncle Tom’s Cabin E
Election of 1860

4. tariffs Definition: North: South: A tax on imported goods
Wanted high tariffs so Americans would buy U.S. goods
Wanted low tariffs because they imported most of their items

5. T tariffs A tax placed on imported items
In the period prior to the Civil
War, tariffs were designed
to increase the amount
of U.S. goods bought
Tariffs hurt the South!

6. Answer Questions 3-7

7. T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S
Slavery S
State’s Rights U
Uncle Tom’s Cabin E
Election of 1860

8. Industry v. Agriculture North: South: Industrial
Had lots of factories & machines
Agricultural
Had lots of farms & plantations
Industry v.
Agriculture

9. Industry v. Agriculture
(Sectionalism)
North = Industrial
South = Agricultural
Major difference in their economies separated the regions!
The N and S only cared about their region and its economy!

10. T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S
Slavery S
State’s Rights U
Uncle Tom’s Cabin E
Election of 1860

11. Didn’t need or want slavery because they had factories
North:
South:
Needed & wanted slavery because they needed help planting & picking cotton to make money
Didn’t need or want slavery because they had factories
slavery

12. S
slavery
The North and South disagreed about slave labor.

14. T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S
Slavery S
State’s Rights U
Uncle Tom’s Cabin E
Election of 1860

15. State’s rights Definition South:
Idea that states had the right to decide whether or not to follow a U.S. law
Each southern state believed they should decide whether slavery was legal or not
State’s
rights

16. S
state’s rights
The concept that a state had the right to not follow a federal law if they did not agree with a federal law.
The Southern states believed that they should decide if slavery and tariffs were legal.

17. T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S
Slavery S
State’s Rights U
Uncle Tom’s Cabin E
Election of 1860

18. Uncle tom’s cabin Author: About: Harriet Beecher Stowe
The horrors of slavery

19. U
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that publicized the horrors of slavery.

21. T I S S U E Tariffs Slavery State’s Rights Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Industry v. Agriculture (Sectionalism) S
Slavery S
State’s Rights U
Uncle Tom’s Cabin E
Election of 1860

22. Election of 1860 Who Wins? Reaction: Abraham Lincoln
The South SECEDES!
Election of 1860

23. E Election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected.
In the South, Lincoln was not even on their ballot.
Southerners seceded because a Republican was elected.
Lincoln was not considered an abolitionist, but was against the spread of slavery.