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7 causes of the civil war (Expansion (Each new state became a battleground…
7 causes of the civil war
States' Rights
The southern states felt that the federal government was taking away their rights and powers.
The idea of states' rights was not new to the Civil War.
Expansion
Each new state became a battleground between the two sides for power.
As the United States continued to expand westward
Abraham Lincoln
The southern states felt that Lincoln was against slavery and also against the South.
The final straw for the South was election of Abraham Lincoln to President of the United States.
Industry vs. Farming
The economies of many northern states had moved away from farming to industry.
While the North no longer needed slaves, the South relied heavily upon slaves for their way of life.
Bleeding Kansas
Eventually Kansas entered the Union as a free state in 1861.
The first fighting over the slavery issue took place in 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.
When Lincoln was elected, many of the southern states decided they no longer wanted to be a part of the United States.
Slavery
At the heart of much of the South's issues was slavery.
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.
