Causes of the Civil War

An agrarian economy consists of...

Which section(s) of the country opposed strong states' rights?

The invention of the cotton gin INCREASED the need for slave labor

The Compromise of 1850 banned the slave trade in...

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at

Which Compromise was The Fugitive Slave Act a part of?

What section(s) of the country were for cheap western land?

Where was the capital of the Confederacy?

Hard money is backed by gold.

Most Southerners owned slaves

Texas was the _____ state to secede from the union.

The final shape of Texas was determined through what document?

The Republican party was made up of mostly what kind of people?

The Election of Lincoln caused...

States began to secede immediately following

What was the south's number one cash crop?

Southerners were for cheap land in the west so they could grow...

Which state was first to secede from the union?

The west was for slave labor.

Which political party was Abraham Lincoln elected as?

Texas believed in states' rights, meaning they were for a weaker...

Why did Sam Houston resign from office?

What era is known as the time before the Civil War?

Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?

Slavery was not allowed north of what line of latitude after the Missouri Compromise?

Where was the capital of the Union?

Lincoln would rather preserve the Union than end slavery.