The Decade of Dissent: 1850 - 1860

1. The Decade of Dissent: 1850 - 1860 What were the causes of the U.S. Civil War?

2. RESTRICTIONS!!!!!!

3. R- Religious • abolitionists made slavery a moral issue. Uncle Tom’s Cabin- Harriet Beecher Stowe – 1852 created a strong anti slavery feeling.

4. E - Economic • S – economy based on agriculture. • N- economy based on manufacturing

5. S - slavery • Becomes a moral issue – no compromise!

6. T - Technology • cotton gin made cotton exports number one!

7. R- Racial • Slavery based on racial inferiority. They were being uplifted, “the white man’s burden”

8. I- Immigration • Most immigrants settled in the Northern cities to work. Northern population grew rapidly.

9. C - Climate • Cotton could only be grown in a 200+ day growing season – only Lower South could grow cotton.

10. T- Tariff • Protected Northern state’s industries against English competition. South had to buy costlier Northern goods.

11. I- Industrialization • Increasing production of manufactured goods in Northern states replacing cotton as the most valuable export.

12. O- On Harper’s Ferry • John Brown becomes a martyr for abolition.

13. N- Nationalism • Loyalty to entire nation, Congress and the Constitution.

14. S- Sectionalism • Loyalty to one’s state or section became more important than loyalty to entire nation.