Causes of the Civil War
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- sectionalism
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-# 1 cause of the civil war
-love of your state, region, or section before your country - north turns towards---------
- -industry(factories, mills)
- characteristics of north
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-short growing season(climate)
-rocky soil(glaciers)
-fast flowing rivers to be used for water power - south stayed with--------
- agriculture(farming)
- characteristics of south
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-long growing season
-fertile soul because no rocks(glaciers didn't go into the south) - Issues that the north and south differed upon
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-tariffs(tax on imports)-this helped industry and hurt consumers-so norths likes tariffs, while southerners dislike them
-power of the government- north belived that the federal or national gov. should be the strongest while southerners belived in states rights- states have more power than the federal gov.
-slavery-abolitionists- those who wished to end slavery - Harriet Tubman(abolitionist)
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-moses of her people
-led over 300 to freedom along the underground railroad - John Brown(abolitionist)
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-radical abolitionist who felt he was god's messenger to end slavery, violently if necessary
-he raided an arsenal(gym warehouse) at harpers ferry, virgina. it failed, he was hung - abe lincoln(not an abolitionist)
- republican and the republican party was opposed to slavery. when lincoln won the presidency in 1860, the south(fearing he would abolish slavery) seceded(left the union) 1st state to secede-south carolina
- code words for north
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union
blue
yankee
federal troops
stars and stripes
dc
abe lincoln
preserve union - code words for the south
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confederacy
gray
rebel
stars and bars
richmond, virgina
jefferson davis
be allowed to secede - union plan to defeat south was code named---
- anaconda
- anaconda was 4 part plan
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1. blockade the atlantic ocean and gulf of mexico. no cotton to europe and no guns from europe
2. Sever/cut the confederacy in half at the missisipi river
- ulysses grant N and
david farragut N
3. sever the eastern confederacy in half again from tenessee to georgia
4. capture the capital of the confederacy-richmond virgina