The document summarizes the key causes and effects of the American Civil War. The main causes were unfair taxation in the North, states' rights issues between the North and South, and the issue of slavery. The effects included the Union's victory over the Confederacy, over 1 million casualties, the preservation of the United States' territorial integrity, and the abolition of slavery nationwide. The document also examines a poem about the Civil War and how the war impacted American literature.

1. American Civil War Fun Xue Yao (5) 2P4 Winston Tan (29) 2P4

2. Causes of the American Civil War Unfair Taxation The people from the South relied on slave labor for economic success The South sold crops to England, with cheap manufactured goods from Europe in return By the 1800s, the North were producing large amounts of the same goods Northern politicians passed heavy taxes on goods from Europe which forced the Southerners to buy good from the Northerners

3. States Rights Southerners felt that the government passed down laws which treated them unfairly They believed that the individual states should be allowed to nullify the laws from the Federal Government They believed that individual states were allowed to leave America and form their own country The North were against the ideas Causes of the American Civil War

4. Slavery The Northerners wanted slavery to end in America The South thought otherwise and feel that the North were attacking their way of life The South claimed that the Federal Government was not doing enough to protect the Southerners' rights Southerners were concerned new states entering the Union which did not allow slavery Causes of the American Civil War

5. Effects of the American Civil War The Union won the war against the Confederates Casualties of 1,030,000 Territorial integrity of the USA is preserved Slavery is abolished in all parts of USA.

6. Literary of American Civil War The Civil War, By Josh The North screams out, That all men are free. The South shouts out, Not them just you and me! The North screams out, You must let them go! The South shouts out, No freedom, no! The screams turn into cannon blasts, The shouts turn into shots. Now the Civil War has come, And many men will die. Now the Civil War has come, And many women will cry. http://www.pb5th.com/cwpoem.htm

7. Examination of the literacy Title examination Civil war War time Happenings of the war People fighting in civil war Speaker The persona Figurative Language Rhyming of the last words on alternate lines of majority of poem Theme American Civil War

8. Effects of the American Civil War on Literature Made American statesman and leaders fear of fiction Destroyed romantic and sentimental modes of writing Literacy about American Civil War started coming out

9. Credits http://www.ket.org/civilwar/causes.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War http://www.pb5th.com/cwpoem.htm http://216.101.58.17/hs/jpoole/AP%20Reading%20Poetry%20TPS-FASTT.htm http://www.enotes.com/american-history-literature-cc/civil-war

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