Causes of the Civil War
By: Alison Imbriaco.
Series: The American Civil War; American Civil War (Berkeley Heights, N.J.)
Publisher: MyReportLinks.com Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Slavery -- Southern States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Slavery -- History.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Reviews the causes of the Civil War, beginning with the settlers who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 not planning to own slaves, although thousands were already working in the New World. Includes Internet links to Web sites related to the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Civil War begins; title: North and South: two cultures, 1607-1790; title: Cotton, 1790-1818; title: Years of compromise, 1819-1854; title: The end of peace, 1854-1860.