Title: The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
Headings: What Caused the Civil War?
What Caused the Civil War?
Union. Home. Freedom. (transcript)
Union, Confederate and African American.
B. Competing Economies and Cultures (Industrial vs. Farming): Was it simply a fight over money and different cultures?
A. Disagreement over Federal vs. States powers
B. Competing Economies and Cultures (Industrial vs. Farming)
C. Westward Expansion
D. Slavery

Content: Within a few months war had begun and four more states had left the Union. Even though most Northerners didn't fight primarily to end slavery and most Southerners didn't fight primarily to preserve it,    take slavery out of the mix and it's hard to believe there would have been a war. A war that almost no one really wanted. What caused the Civil War is not a story that ended in 1861.The Civil War forever changed the balance of powers among the federal government, the states, and the individual. A balance that we continually strive to adjust even today, even with slavery out of the picture. As you move through the web site, think about the importance of these three ideals...
what they meant to Americans then...how the war and its aftermath changed the balance� and how we still strive to balance them today�
Union, home and freedom. Lincoln3
Liberty
US Constitution
Railroad
Missouri Compromise
Heading West
Gold Rush
Slavery
Emancipation