1. American Civil War
Causes and Effects

2. Growing Sectionalism

3. Missouri Compromise

4. Westward Expansion

5. Compromise of 1850

6. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)

7. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

8. Dred Scot (1857)

9. John Brown and Harper’s Ferry (1859)

10. Election of 1860

11. Confederate States of America

12. Fort Sumter

13. Crittenden Resolution

14. Anaconda Plan

15. Battle of Bull Run

16. Battle of Shiloh

17. Battle of Antietam

18. Battle of Gettysburg

19. Battle of Vicksburg

20. Sherman’s March to the Sea

21. Appomattox Courthouse

22. Reconstruction

23. LEQ Time Prompt: What were the major causes of the American Civil War?
Thesis: The major causes of the Civil War included debates over the morality of slavery and the role of the federal government verses state government.