Index

Causes of Civil War

  • Slavery

    Slavery
    In the north many religous groups tried hard too end slavery. They opposed of someone "owning" someone els. Southeners thought that it was okay for them too own slaves. They thought that South Americans didn't mean anything and that they could force them too work in there fields.
  • Unfair Taxation

    Unfair Taxation
    ket.orgThe north had put heavy taxes on goods inported from Europe so that all of the consumers had too buy there goods from the north.
  • States Rights

    States Rights
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    The southerners felt that the state was not treaking them right because they were passing laws without any of the consent. They also felt that indevigual states should be allowed to seperate from the United States and become there own country.
  • The Election of Abraham Lincoln

    The Election of Abraham Lincoln
    When Lincoln was elected slaved holding states thought that he would abolish slaver. Abraham was a republicon because he opposed slavery. Abraham Lincoln tried his hardest too stop slavery, and after so long he went too war witht hte south.
  • The Underground Railroad

    The Underground Railroad
    The Underground Railroad was a place that helped slaves escaped. Sometimes when people went too retrieve the slaves where beaten by the people in the underground railroad.