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The Civil War
CAUSES
• Debate over slavery in the territories escalates• South fears North (free states) will gain too
much power in Congress• Lincoln elected president• Southern states secede to defend their way
of life• Confederates fire on Fort Sumter
EFFECTS
• Slavery abolished• Proves the federal gov’t is supreme• Northern economy booms• Southern economy is devastated• Union is reunited