Civil War 1861-1865

Question 1

Causes

• Slavery

Answer 1

There were compromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states

Question 2

Causes

• The formation of the Confederate States of America

Answer 2

7 slaves states in the deep South seceded and formed a new nation

Question 3

Causes

• What did Lincoln promise

Answer 3

Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860 pledging to keep slavery out of the territories.

Question 4

Causes

• The legitimacy of secession

Answer 4

Lincoln administration and most of the Northern people refused to recognise the legitimacy of secession, lest that it would discredit democracy and create a fatal precedent

Question 5

Effects of the war

• Economic expense overall

Answer 5

The Union spent $2.3 billion

The Confederacy $1 billion

Question 6

Effects of the war

• Economy in the North

Answer 6

The North continued to experience prosperity during the war, with its total wealth increasing by 50% during the decade of the 1860s.

Question 7

Effects of the war

• Economy in the South

Answer 7

It suffered another $1.1 billion in war damage on top of its military spending

Question 8

Effects of the war

• Economy in the South due to slavery

Answer 8

$1.6 billion was wiped out by the freeing of the slaves, taking more than half a century to recover from the effects of the war