Causes and Effects of the Civil War is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on the causes and effects of the Civil War, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.14.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Causes and Effects of the Civil War

D2.His.14.3-5

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Sort each one: was it a cause of the Civil War or an effect of it?

1.Sort each one: Cause or Effect?

Sort: Southern states seceded and formed the Confederacy to protect slavery, About four million people were freed from slavery, Abolitionists in the North demanding an end to slavery, The 13th Amendment ended slavery in the United States

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2.Sort each one: Cause or Effect?

Sort: The 15th Amendment said a man could not be denied the vote because of his race, The national government became stronger than it had been before the war, Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the spread of slavery, was elected president in 1860, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required Northerners to help return people who escaped slavery

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3.Sort each one: Cause or Effect?

Sort: A Southern economy that depended on the labor of enslaved people, The Union was preserved, and the Southern states rejoined it, Much of the South's farmland, railroads and cities lay in ruins, The Dred Scott decision of 1857 said Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

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Answer key — Causes and Effects of the Civil War

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1.1. Abolitionists in the North demanding an end to slavery — Cause 2. About four million people were freed from slavery — Effect 3. Southern states seceded and formed the Confederacy to protect slavery — Cause 4. The 13th Amendment ended slavery in the United States — Effect
2.1. Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the spread of slavery, was elected president in 1860 — Cause 2. The 15th Amendment said a man could not be denied the vote because of his race — Effect 3. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required Northerners to help return people who escaped slavery — Cause 4. The national government became stronger than it had been before the war — Effect
3.1. A Southern economy that depended on the labor of enslaved people — Cause 2. Much of the South's farmland, railroads and cities lay in ruins — Effect 3. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 said Congress could not ban slavery in the territories — Cause 4. The Union was preserved, and the Southern states rejoined it — Effect

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.14.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.