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7 Causes of the Civil War (Industry Vs. Farming (many northern states had…
7 Causes of the Civil War
Industry Vs. Farming
many northern states had moved from farming to industry
Southerners maintained large farming economy and this economy relied on slave labor
Abraham Lincoln
He managed to get elected without even being on the ballot in ten of the southern states
final straw for the South was election of Abraham Lincoln to President of the United States.
States' Rights
power the states should have versus how much power the federal government should have
southern states felt that the federal government was taking away their rights and powers.
Slavery
South relied on slavery for labor to work the fields.
Abolitionists such as John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Harriet Beecher Stowe began to convince more and more people of the evil of slavery
Expansion
each new state added to the country shifted the power between the North and the South
new state became a battleground between the two sides for power.
Bleeding Kansas
first fighting over the slavery issue took place in Kansas.
Several people were killed in small skirmishes giving the confrontation the name Bleeding Kansas
Secession
Abraham Lincoln said they did not have the right to leave the United States and sent in troops to stop the South from leaving.
Starting with South Carolina, eleven states would eventually leave the United States