Monday, November 4th

Warm-up

• What are at least three reasons that people go to war?

• One reason people go to war is…• Another reason people go to war is…• Another reason people go to war is…

Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

• What is an inaugural address?

• Why do President’s give them?

Causes of the War

• Lincoln elected President• South wanted State’s sovereignty, North

wanted national sovereignty.• South Carolina seceded from the Union.• North wanted paid labor and the South

wanted free labor.

Causes of the War cont.

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• The North believed in high tariffs to protect their industry.

• The south believed in low tariffs.

What are tariffs?

• Tariffs are taxes on goods that are imported from another country, or exported to another country.

• The north felt high tariffs on finished goods would devalue their raw goods.