CAUSES OF SOUTHERN SECESSION

SLAVERY

• Constitutionally backed
• Competed with north over territories
• Many references to it made

STATES RIGHTS

• Argued over since the nations founding
• North took a stronger approach to having a strong federal govt
• South supported states rights
• Ideas like nullification and secession backed by idea

OTHER CAUSES

• Lincoln getting elected
• Unfair tariffs
• Tariffs to encourage south to buy northern products

WORKS CITED

• "States Rights, One of the Causes of the Civil War." States Rights, One of the Causes of the Civil War. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014
• "Avalon Project - Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." Avalon Project - Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
• "Causes of the Civil War." Causes of the Civil War. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.