The Civil War 1861-1865

Table of ContentsVocabularyQuestionsIntroductionThe Slavery IssueWestward ExpansionFailure to CompromiseSouthern SecessionOutcome Summary

VocabularyWestward ExpansionSecessionConfederacyMason Dixion Line Missouri Compromise 1820Kanasas-Nebraska Act 1854Emancipation Proclamation

QuestionsWhat were the issues that divided America during the Civil War?

Why did the South want a confederacy?

Why did the North want to end the system of slavery?

Introduction

The Slavery Issue

Westward Expansion: The nation growing

Failure to Compromise

Mason Dixion Line

Southern Secession

Confederate Flag

Outcome

SummaryWas slavery the reason for the Civil

War or was it a final settlement of the dispute between states’ rights position

and nationalist position?Historians have debated this issue for decades and have not come to a final determination. Your job is to choose a side in this debate. Once you choose a

side you must use 3 facts to defend your position.