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Mr. Saindon
United States History
Monday, May 5
to
Friday, May 9

Last Week

Causes of the Civil War Scavenger Hunt- DUE TODAY (MONDAY)

This Week: We will go through the entire Civil War.

Open TAB that says: "CIVIL WAR" and scroll down to the bottom to the two buttons that say:

"Fort Sumter to Bull Run"

and "Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Fall Of Richmond"

Countdown to the Civil War

Learning Objective

Students will identify the conflicts between the North and South and explain how these led to the Civil War.

Tensions grew for many years before the first shots rang out at Fort Sumter, signaling the beginning of the Civil War. There was a clear division between the north and the south's perspectives of this young country.

Slavery was a big reason for this tension. People in the North held many different opinions about African Americans. However, most of them agreed slavery was unacceptable. They thought the act of owning people of African descent would slowly fade away as industrialization expanded in the new nation. People in the South, on the other hand, also held many different opinions about African Americans. However, most of them agreed slavery was necessary to keep their economy running. Without slavery, they thought, their Southern way of life would not last. Industrialization for the South came in the form of the cotton gin in 1794. This invention, people thought, increased the need for slaves to work plantations.

When the federal government stepped in on North's side in regards to slavery, Southern states put up a fight. They felt the federal government was overstepping its authority and could not interfere in matters of individual states. This began a long, tedious process of many negotiations and compromises. The federal government tried desperately to keep the peace and ensure the union stayed together. However, when Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, the South knew they had lost the political fight. The South's political leaders decided the only way to keep what they perceived as their rights, their culture, and their economy was to become their own country.