North vs. South: Causes of the Civil War
By the 1800s, the United States had become a nation of two distinct regions, the ________ and
the __________.
The North was mainly an urban society where people held __________ and worked in
___________.
The South was mainly an agricultural society in which people lived on small _____________ or
________________.
Because of their cultural ______________, people in the North and South found it difficult to
agree on social and political issues.
Issue
Tariffs:
Should there
be taxes on
imported
items?
State’s
Rights:
Should the
national
government
have more
power than
the state
governments?
Slavery:
Should the
United States
continue to
allow
slavery?
Northern View
Southern View