Causes of the US Civil War

The first fighting over the slavery issue happened in __________.

States' Rights means

People who thought slavery was wrong and evil were called _________________.

Eleven southern states seceded or left the Union and formed a new country called ____________.

In the mid-1800s, the North was more industrial. The Southern states were mostly __________.

The Civil War began when Lincoln sent ____________ to stop the South from leaving the Union.

Expansion refers to

The people in the South were afraid_________

People from both sides came to Kansas to fight over slavery. Kansas became a ________ in 1861.

The states that seceded thought they had the right to leave the Union. Lincoln ________.

Lincoln was elected president even though ________________.

The final straw for the South was the election of Abraham Lincoln. The final straw means ____.