Long Term Causes of the Civil War
Economic Causes
Political Causes
Social Causes
Triggering Event
Abraham Lincoln being elected as President.
Economic Causes
- In the early 1800's was the start of the industrial revolution. Guns and ammunition were being made in factories mainly in the north putting them a little further ahead than the south.
- The south was still mainly agricultural and had almost no factories to produce guns and ammunition. Railroads in the south were small and not interconnected making it slower to transport goods, weapons and men from one place to another. The south had plantation owners and slaves
Political Causes
- The north wanted the south to become union states and join them. Then they could also have more people in their house of representatives and the south didn't want that.
- The south wanted to keep their slaves because they were plantation owners and used slaves to work the plantation.
Social Causes
- There were abolitionists who wanted slavery to end completely.
- Uncle Toms Cabin was released
- Harper's Ferry
Triggering Event
Abraham Lincoln being elected as President.