The Causes of the American 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

Great Britain

The North (Union)

The South (Confederate States)

The 50 US States

The Midwest States

115,000

4,044

2,200

620,000

The time period leading up to the Civil War

The time period of the Civil War

The time period after the Civil War

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)

Slavery

Immigration policies

Economic differences

Different opinions on the power of state vs. federal government

Trade policies

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

the number of free and slave states

the rates of tariffs

the population of the states

the costs of trade between regions