3. The central cause of the war was the dispute
over whether slavery would be permitted to
expand into the western territories, leading to
more slave states, or be prevented from doing
so, which was widely believed would place
slavery on a course of ultimate extinction.
Clockwise from top: Battle of Gettysburg.
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4. Economic and social differences between the
North and the South.
States versus federal rights.
The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State
Proponents.
Growth of the Abolition Movement.
Dred Scott Decision.
The election of Abraham Lincoln.
5. WHERE WAS IT HELD?
The Civil War was fought in thousands of different places, from southern Pennsylvania to Texas; from
New Mexico to the Florida coast. The majority of the fighting took place in the states of Virginia and
Tennessee.
