US Economic History 4 — Economic Causes of the Civil War

Federal tariffs and slavery caused tensions that led to the Civil War. Video created with the Bill of Rights Institute to help students ace their exams.

This is the fourth video in a series of nine with Professor Brian Domitrovic, which aim to be a  resource for students studying for US History exams and to provide a survey of different (and sometimes opposing) viewpoints on key episodes in U.S. economic history. How do you think we did?