The Causes of the American Civil War
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The Causes of the American Civil War
By Bronagh Murphy
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What is a civil war?
A war fought between people of the same country
A war that is fought across multiple countries
A war that is fought over 5 years
A war that is mostly peaceful
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What were the TWO sides fighting in the American Civil War?
Great Britain
The North (Union)
The South (Confederate States)
The 50 US States
The Midwest States
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What was the American Civil War?
The American Civil War took place between 1861 and 1865. It started when the southern states seceded and became their own country known as "The Confederate States of America".
The rest of the United States (known as the North or the Union) fought to force the Confederate States back into the country.
It was the deadliest war in American History.
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According to the image above, how many Americans died during the Civil War?
115,000
4,044
2,200
620,000
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What was the Antebellum Era?
The time period leading up to the Civil War
The time period of the Civil War
The time period after the Civil War
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What is sectionalism?
When people of a country are united around a common cause
When people from different regions of a country care more about their region than the unity of the country
When the economy hits a downturn because of a lack of trade between regions
When there are parts of the country that separate (secede)
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What were THREE sectional differences between the North and South that led up to the Civil War?
Slavery
Immigration policies
Economic differences
Different opinions on the power of state vs. federal government
Trade policies
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Why did westward expansion increase tension between the North and the South?
They had different opinions on if war was necessary with other countries
They had different opinions on treatment of Native Americans
As new states were added representation would change and each region wanted to maintain their power in Congress
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What did the north and the south try to keep balanced as the country expanded westward?
the number of free and slave states
the rates of tariffs
the population of the states
the costs of trade between regions
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