Causes of the Civil War

* Causes of the Civil War
Long Term Causes
  * Social, Cultural Divide between North and South
  * Economic Divide between North and South
  * Political Divide between North and South: Collapse of Political System: Inability to Compromise
  * Slavery
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Causes of the Civil War:
Long Term Causes
(from Colonial Times)
  * 1. Social and Cultural Divide between North and South
      * North: more urbanized, more diverse, more developed, more advanced infrastructure / transportation / communication systems, more cosmopolitan, more dynamic, more religious, greater emphasis on education, families…..
      * South more rural, less diverse, less urbanized, less developed, plantations dictated social development….
  * Causes of the Civil War:
Long Term Causes
  * 2. Economic Differences
      * North more industrialized: more merchants, traders, shippers, manufacturing: more diverse economy:   based on wage labor: supported Tariffs, BUS
      * South based on Plantation economy of tobacco at first and now Cotton: based on slave labor: suspicious of Tariffs and BUS
  * Causes of the Civil War:
Long Term Causes
  * 3. Political Divide between North and South
      * Historically, North placed more emphasis on Federalism, power of Federal Government and the Elastic Clause: Hamilton, Adams, Webster…1.8.18, BUS, Tariffs
      * South placed more emphasis on States Rights and Amendment 10: Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Calhoun, 10th Amendment
      * North was more Democratic, South more Aristocratic..
  * Causes of the Civil War:
Long Term Causes
  * 4. Slavery
“Slavery was not the only source of discord. The two sections were very different and they wanted different things from their national government…Although there were serious differences between the sections, all of them except slavery could have been settled through the democratic process. Slavery poisoned the whole situation. It was the issue that could not be compromised, the... [continues]

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