the causes that led to the civil war and differences between the north the west and the south

the causes that led to the civil war and differences between the north the west and the south balance of power in the senate extension of slavery into the territories role of abolitionists popular sovereignty the presidental election of 1860(outcome and impact)

the differences of the north

the north had a population of 21.5 million

 it also had 110,000 factories

had 21,700 miles of rail road

207 million bank deposites

and only 4,000 bales of hey 

the north loved abolitonists

population rise caused crime rates to rise so police depot. was established

fire was a huge problem because a lot of the buildings were made of wood

 industry was the largest economic activity in the north

 

the west

the west did not have much they were mostly inhabeted by indians

they believed in manifest destiny which i the belief in god gave the westeners the land to have

it is were the california gold rush happened

most of the west was unexplored territory

 

the south

the south had a 4 million populatin

they had 20,000 factories

only 9,000 mile of railroad

47 million bank deposites

and 5 million bales of hey

the south hated abolitionists

the sources

work cited from: Parachini,lisa

website/book/article Title: class lecture on causes of civil war

city of publication:surprise, Arizona