The Causes Of The Not So

Civil War
Facts, Truths, and Experiences

Different causes

Fundamental Causes

Immediate Causes

Causes that develop over a

long time

Causes that come into being

just before the major event
itself occurs

EX: the differences over the

North and South's
economics, states rights, and
slavery

EX: abolitionist John Browns

1859 raid at Harpers Ferry in
Virginia, Abraham Lincolns
election as president of the
US

elections

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In 1854 the republican party was born

The founders of it were from the North
Representing the republican party was Abraham Lincoln
The national democratic party had previously been able to
attract northerners and southerners
The presidential election was held on November 6th, 1860

slavery

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Slavery was a huge cause to the civil war

Abolitionists are people who were against slavery
The south remained agrarian ( think of agriculture)
The north didnt require slaves as much as the south

The underground railroad

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An absolutely ominous
time period
Where the slaves escaped
You would think that
hence the name, the road
would be underground,
but it was not.
Harriet Tubman was one
of the many slaves to
escape.
She had also directed the
slaves to their destination

Eli Whitney's invention of the

cotton gin
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Eli Whitney was a slave

This being had in vented the cotton gin
The cotton gin was a machine which
decreased the amount of time needed to
bundle cotton
This had brought a huge dependence of
slaves upon the south
Abraham Lincoln was against slavery

disagreements

As stated in past slides, the north and the south had many
disagreements about things
Economics, slavery, and states rights

States rights

States rights are rights

held and enforced by the
state rather than the
federal government

The south felt like the

federal government was
passing unfair laws
The north believed that
nullifying or states rights
were unfair

UNFAIR TAXATION

The history and economy

were very different in the
north and south.
The north had developed
factories
The south were an
This
gave northern
agrarian
society
politicians the ability to
pass heavy taxes on the
south

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