United States Civil War 1860-1865  |
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 Besides slavery what were some other causes for the United States Civil War?
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 gberlin (3167) | 3 years ago | Nicolec, are you from the South? I agree that slavery wasn't the only reason for the Civil War that is why I asked the question to find out what others thought. Thanks for sharing your great answer! | |
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| nicolec (1646) | 3 years ago |  Actaully I am from New York but currently live in South Carolina. Where, based on the additude around here, they are still fighting the civil war. Yeesh, I sometimes want to say 'will you let it go already!'
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 deebomb (8989) | 3 years ago |  nicolec
How long have you been is SC? Yes they are still fighting the war.
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| nicolec (1646) | 3 years ago | Deebomb, I've been here a little over three years. I have also lived in NC and Florida, but the southern pride has been the strongest here. | |
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| 2. bgerig (1140) | 3 years ago | states rights | |
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| gberlin (3167) | 3 years ago | Good answer! It was more about states rights than slavery. | |
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| 3. sarahruthbeth22 (10401) | 3 years ago |  Slavery was the symbol of States' rights vs. The Federal GovernmentIf The South could cede from the Union, U.S.A. wouldn't have been as strong. And The U.S.A. would have remained the size it was in 1861.that would mean no Alaska or Hawaii.And with Slavery in the South and industry in the North, both countries would be poorer. Would the Abolishionists let the North trade with the South?
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| gberlin (3167) | 3 years ago | Thats true, the North would not have wanted to trade with the South and the North was an industrial state and the South was not so they would have had to trade with Europe. Do you think that eventually the South would have done away with slavery even if they stayed an independent country? | |
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| Asylum (3383) | 3 years ago |  Obviously slavery would have been abolished in time, but it would have lasted for a lot longer than it did. Britain supported the South and also had a lot of money invested in slavery at the time. Not a part of my history that I am proud of, but sadly the truth.
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| 4. Asylum (3383) | 3 years ago | The civil war had nothing to do with slavery, and the only reason the Lincoln introduced abolition was that the war was going badly and he was concerned about re-election. The war was a war of secession, whereby Lincoln had refused to allow several southern states to withdraw from the union.
Abraham Lincoln appears to have been given a great name in history for something that he was not reponsible for. Many of his advisors had recommended the abolition of slavery for years and Lincoln was not interested. When his political career was in danger he was prepared to try anything. | |
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| gberlin (3167) | 3 years ago | I think like so many great people, greatness is thrust upon them and history sometimes glorifies them to be more than what they were. And its seems that the further we move away from the event in history the easier it is to thrust greatness upon them! | |
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| 5. Grillmama (140) | 3 years ago |  If I remember my history correctly one South Carolina had the right to succeed from the union but the north would not let it. Also the north was going to place tariffs on the products shipped out of the South.
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| Grillmama (140) | 3 years ago | P.S. Slavery is not why the Civil War started it did not become a factor until later in the war. | |
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| gberlin (3167) | 3 years ago | You are correct that slavery was not the original intent in fighting the Civil War. But it did become and issue later on. | |
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| 6. AmbiePam (15281) | 3 years ago |  Wasn't the import and export of some Southern products an issue? I believe the South was selling tobacco and other products to people (countries) that the rest of America thought were not appropriate to be in business with. I know this is one of the minor things that led to the war, but I am pretty sure I recall learning about that in high school as well as college.
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| gberlin (3167) | 3 years ago | You are also correct. There were many things that caused the Civil War. Probably what initiated the war which has already been mention above is states' rights. Remember, the U.S. was not even 100 years old and there were still some people around who believed strongly in states' right and a weaker central government. | |
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| 7. ESKARENA1 (12166) | 3 years ago |  i think the breaking away from the union of the confederacy was just as threatening to the union than any notion of slavery
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| gberlin (3167) | 3 years ago | I think that it was probably more so of a threat that slavery. Slavery was a side issue but I think the abolitionists felt like Lincoln was on their side. I reality his main goal was to keep the union intact. | |
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