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The Civil War ©2012, TESCCC Grade 7 Unit 8 Lesson 1 Civil War and Reconstruction BEAN BINGO • Look over the key terms on your Bingo Card. • When you see one of the key terms on the PowerPoint, place a BEAN in that square. • Try to go for a BLACKOUT BINGO! • The teacher will assign each person a partner for short Quiz-Quiz-Praise games throughout the presentation. ©2012, TESCCC Civil War: 1861-1865 ©2012, TESCCC Union General Ulysses S. Grant Confederate General Robert E. Lee Civil War: The Civil War and Reconstruction had great impact on Texas: • Political • Economic • Social ©2012, TESCCC Civil War: Political Impact: having to do with the structures and affairs of government, politics and its institutions, or politicians ©2012, TESCCC Civil War: Economic Impact having to do with the production, development, and management of material wealth of a country, household, or business enterprise ©2012, TESCCC Civil War: Social Impact: having to do with the way people live together in communities ©2012, TESCCC Civil War: What were the CAUSES for the Civil War? ©2012, TESCCC Civil War: Causes STATES’ RIGHTS •The 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution states that all powers not given to the Congress by the Constitution (Art. I, Sec. 8) are reserved to the states, States' Rights. •Because the power to decide issues regarding slavery is not given to the Congress in the Constitution, the southern states felt that is was within their power to determine the issue. ©2012, TESCCC Civil War: 1861-1865 Northern States Northern States The Union ©2012, TESCCC • The northern states agreed with the Federal Government and wanted to abolish slavery. • Their economy was based on industry and did not rely on slavery. • Very few families owned slaves. • The northern states represented the Union. Civil War: 1861-1865 • The southern states did not agree with the Federal Government. • They believed that state’s rights were infringed (states having the power to govern themselves). • Their economy was based on agriculture (farming and raising livestock) and relied heavily on slavery. • Many plantation owners used enslaved people to work in their homes and fields. ©2012, TESCCC The Confederacy Civil War: Causes Tariffs •The South was producing cotton and selling it to the North as well as to England. •Northern manufacturers were producing cloth they wanted to sell in the South. However it was more expensive for the North to produce goods than England because they were better industrialized. •The North wanted a protective tariff placed on imported goods thus raising England’s prices on goods. ©2012, TESCCC Civil War: Causes Tariffs •Southerners and Northerners both would have to pay more for manufactured goods imported from overseas, which would help sales of products made in the U.S. •The South protested that the national government did not have the right to do this. •However, the Constitution gives the Congress the power to pass import taxes (export taxes are forbidden) ©2012, TESCCC