H.4.8.5

Develop historical arguments and explanations of causes of the Civil War:<ul><li>Role of Congress and states' rights (e.g., power to admit new states, tariff debate, Supremacy Clause, nullification crisis)</li><li>Debates on the issue of slavery (e.g., expansion vs. popular sovereignty vs. free soil anti-slavery vs. total abolition)</li><li>Sectionalism (e.g., cultural and economic differences between the North and South)</li></ul>