Revised version of a film originally released in 1959.

"Explains slavery's role in Southern economy and the differences in the way the North and South developed.  Discusses events that led to the Civil War; shows factors which caused the conflict."--Audiovisual Materials Catalog 2002-2007 by Audiovisual Services of St. Louis Public Schools.

"Explains that by compromise and arguments, the agricultural South and the industrial North each tried to control the Federal Government for its benefit, but that wide differences in lifestyle and attitude toward slavery created increasingly irreconcilable demands, which culminated in the shelling of Fort Sumter."--WorldCat.