WALTON/ROCKOFF, Chapter 13 (pp. 285-89):

1. Summarize the political conflicts and compromises over the extension of slavery in the decades prior to the Civil War.

2. To what extent was the Civil War due to economic causes, according to the authors?

SIMON

1. Summarize Simon's arguments that the Civil War was not caused by:
a. desire to preserve the nation.
b. desire to abolish slavery.

2. What were the economic conflicts that led to the Civil War, according to Simon?

GENERAL

1. What are your own conclusions regarding the significance of the economic causes of
the Civil War?