Causes of the Civil War
What is plantation agriculture?
The main economic system in the South that depended on enslaved labor.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
President of the Confederacy.
What helped The North win the war?
Industrialization
What is expansion or control over other territories?
Imperialism
What is Reconstruction?
The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South.
This issue divided the North and South the most and led to war.
Slavery
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Union general who later became president.
Which crop did The South mainly exported?
Cotton
After the Civil War, the U.S. focused on expanding westward. This is called what belief?
Manifest Destiny
Which amendment ended slavery?
13th amendment
What are states’ rights?
This idea argued that states had the right to ignore federal laws.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The document that freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What goods increased in demand thanks to The Civil War?
Firearms, weapons
Industrial growth after the war created a need for this abroad.
New markets
The United States influenced imperialism because
A stronger, unified United States became more powerful globally, contributing to this world trend of empire building.
Why was Abraham Lincoln important for the Civil War?
The election of this president in 1860 triggered Southern secession.
Who was John Brown?
An abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry.
What is an industrial power?
High-capacity electrical systems built to operate heavy-duty equipment in environments like factories.
How did the Civil War lead to the Spanish-American War?
The Civil War strengthened the federal government, making it easier for the U.S. to later expand overseas.
Industrial strength allowed The United States to build this.
Modern navies
The first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
Who was Robert E. Lee?
General that led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Why is the Civil War related to imperialism?
After the war, the U.S. began expanding its economy beyond its borders, which is related to this system.
After industrialization, the U.S. competed with European empires like this country, known for having the largest empire in the 1800s.
The United Kingdom
By 1900, the U.S. had territories like this island in the Caribbean.
Puerto Rico