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Underlying causes of the

war

Sectionalism
Economic concerns
States Rights
Slavery
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North

South

South

% of slave ownership in the South-1860

80%

75%

70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%

20%
10%
0%

1%
50 or
more
slaves

3%
20-49
slaves

1-19
slaves

No
slaves
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Strengths of the North and South

NORTH

SOUTH

Strengths of the North and South

Union

Confederacy

2X as many people
More manpower for
fighting
More industry and
railroads
Better economy and
food production
Recognition as an
independent nation
Better political leaders
Navy pwr

Better military
leaders and military
tradition
The Cause
Importance of cotton
to the world economy
Fighting on home
territory
Fighting a defensive
rather than offensive
war
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Lincolns inauguration

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The election of Abraham Lincoln was the trigger

that set off the first wave of secession in the
southern slave states.

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South Carolina seceded, December 1860

South Carolina 1st state to secede.
Immediately following Lincoln's
election, the fire-eaters called a
convention, and six weeks later the
convention unanimously passed an
ordinance of secession.
An ordinance to dissolve the union
between the State of South Carolina
and other States united with her under
the compact entitled "The Constitution
of the United States of America."
We, the people of the State of South
Carolina, in convention assembled, do
declare and ordain that the union
now subsisting between South
Carolina and other States, under the
name of the "United States of
America," is hereby dissolved.
Done at Charleston the twentieth day
of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
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Confederate States of America

CSA Constitution =
protected rights of
slave owners
CSA President
Jefferson Davis

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Confederate States of
America (CSA)

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Union states

The shaded states were the loyal border slave states

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Union Border States = slavery

Hold at all costs

Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware,

Maryland

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