What Caused the Civil War?

In this interactive tutorial, explore the central causes of America's bloodiest conflict: the Civil War.
Resource ID#: 148828 Type: Original Student Tutorial
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Subject(s): Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Students
Instructional Time: 30 Minute(s)
Keywords: U.S. History, American History, Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Fort Sumter, slavery, Republican Party, Dred Scott, Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, John Brown, Election of 1860, secession, secede, South Carolina, states' rights, interactive, tutorials, elearning, e-learning, Confederate States of America, United States of America, Union, Confederacy, north and south, Black History, African-American History, antislavery, abolitionists, 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859, 1860, Fugitive Slave Law, tutorial
Instructional Component Type(s): Original Student Tutorial
Resource Collection: Original Student Tutorials Social Studies - U.S. History - Grades 9-12

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