Civil War-Its Background and Causes

Duration: 16

Genre: Educational

Creator: McGraw-Hill

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Traces the economic development of the North and the South. Shows how the diverging economic interests were increasingly reflected in politics, and how the North reacted to the institution of slavery. Highlights in chronological order important events of the 1850's which hastened the conflict., Explores the causes of the Civil War and its effects on the industrialization of the United States. Explains that from colonial times the North and South had developed different economic systems, and that eventually these differences were reflected in politics. When slavery began to be defended and attacked on moral grounds, bitterness erupted into civil war.

Complete Record: Traces the economic development of the North and the South. Shows how the diverging economic interests were increasingly reflected in politics, and how the North reacted to the institution of slavery. Highlights in chronological order important events of the 1850's which hastened the conflict., Explores the causes of the Civil War and its effects on the industrialization of the United States. Explains that from colonial times the North and South had developed different economic systems, and that eventually these differences were reflected in politics. When slavery began to be defended and attacked on moral grounds, bitterness erupted into civil war.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.