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Author:

Mountjoy, Shane, 1967-

Title:

Causes of the Civil War : the differences between the North and South / Shane Mountjoy ; consulting ed. Tim McNeese.

Publisher:

Chelsea House Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

136 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Causes--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes--Juvenile literature.
United States--Politics and government--1849-1861--Juvenile literature.
United States--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
United States--Politics and government--1849-1861.

Other Authors:

McNeese, Tim.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.

Contents:

One nation, two sections -- American slavery -- Nullification and states' rights -- Manifest Destiny -- Bleeding Kansas -- Dred Scott and John Brown -- The Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln -- Secession and the coming war.

Summary:

Examines the sectional rivalries that surfaced in the early 19th century and intensified in the decades leading up to the war.

Series:

Civil War : a nation divided

ISBN:

1604130369 (lib. bdg. : acid-free paper)
9781604130362 (lib. bdg. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)234260108

LCCN:

2008030242

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)