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: Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, The 13th Amendment ended slavery in the United States, The Dred Scott decision of 1857 said Congress could not ban slavery in the territories, Reconstruction began, to rebuild the South and protect the rights of freed people

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2.Sort each one: Cause or Effect?

Sort: The Union was preserved, and the Southern states rejoined it, A Southern economy that depended on the labor of enslaved people, The national government became stronger than it had been before the war, Southern states seceded and formed the Confederacy to protect slavery

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3.Sort each one: Cause or Effect?

Sort: Much of the South's farmland, railroads and cities lay in ruins, Abolitionists in the North demanding an end to slavery, Violent fighting in Kansas over whether it would allow slavery, The 15th Amendment said a man could not be denied the vote because of his race

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Answer key — Causes and Effects of the Civil War

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861 — Cause 2. Reconstruction began, to rebuild the South and protect the rights of freed people — Effect 3. The 13th Amendment ended slavery in the United States — Effect 4. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 said Congress could not ban slavery in the territories — Cause
2.1. A Southern economy that depended on the labor of enslaved people — Cause 2. Southern states seceded and formed the Confederacy to protect slavery — Cause 3. The national government became stronger than it had been before the war — Effect 4. The Union was preserved, and the Southern states rejoined it — Effect
3.1. Abolitionists in the North demanding an end to slavery — Cause 2. Much of the South's farmland, railroads and cities lay in ruins — Effect 3. The 15th Amendment said a man could not be denied the vote because of his race — Effect 4. Violent fighting in Kansas over whether it would allow slavery — Cause

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