The Causative Causes Of The American Civil War

In 1861, a Civil War broke out in the United States when the South declared their independence from the Union. There is a great amount of reasons that people can argue how the Civil War was started. However, what most people don’t understand, is that most of the events leading up to the Civil War were related to slavery. Slavery was the core of the North and South’s conflict, which led to a very vicious feud.

America’s transformation into the country we live in today has been formed through numerous events during its short history but the event that will split the United States into North versus South is truly one of the most defining events in American history. Through numerous events leading up to the start of the Civil War, I will attempt to show how the United States was destined for conflict and that the Civil War was inevitable. The first way I will show how the war could not be avoided will deal with the issue of slavery. Slavery should be the first mentioned because many conflicts within the United States leading up to the Civil War and the division of the United States dealt with slavery. The Missouri Compromise should also be talked

The American Civil War has caused many debates amongst a wide range of historians resulting in many different views being formed on all aspects of the War. The argument whether slavery has been overemphasised is one of great debate. Some historians like Michael F. Holt concur that the slavery issue was nearly the only reason and cause of the American civil war. Others disagree, Joel H. Silbey agrees that this is a reason but not the only one other ideas to need to be looked at to the cause of the outbreak of war in America. I will look at this issue and others which caused the beginning of the civil war.

In this paper we would analyze the causes of the Civil War and advocate the thesis that slavery was the cause of the Civil War.

The Civil War was the war that divided the young American nation into two opposing sides. One side being the North, also called the Union, and the second side being the South, also called the Confederacy. The root cause of why the South seceded from the Union has been debated and argued since the beginning of the war in 1861. Most people argue that the argument, between the North and the South, over slavery was the main reason why the South left the Union. However, the issue has to be more complex than just the issue with slavery. The root cause of the of the South secession from the Union was a combination of the South’s aggravation and fear over their dependence on the North for their economic prosperity and their dependence on slavery for a highly profitable economy.

The causes of the Civil War were complex and have been controversial since the country began. Some causes include; states’ rights, economics, and slavery. The most recognizable and popular cause is slavery. The freeing of the slaves was an important moral issue at the time and one of the greatest causes of the civil war. "It was only by carefully avoiding the moral issue involved in slavery that Northerners and Southerners could meet on any common ground." (Goldston, 79). The time came in which our great country would finally address the moral issue of slavery. Although there are many different causes to the American Civil War, the main cause was slavery because other causes are rooted in the issue of slavery.

The Civil War was a trying time in American History; societies crumbled, lives were lost, and a nation was torn apart in order to be made whole. However, was this conflict inevitable? Were the North and the South destined to battle out their differences? Were the decisions made by President Abraham Lincoln to make war on the CSA justified? While there is much deliberation on this topic, the final answer is yes to each and every question. The North and the South, though they shared many similarities, were irreparably divided over the slavery issue, such that conflict could not be avoided. Lincoln’s deliberations on the situations of the day were the only acceptable response to the issues at hand. Disagreement caused by the slavery issue

The south was being forced to produce products and raw materials specifically for the north at discounted and heavily taxed rates. The south could make more money selling to foreign countries but they were forced to sell to the north. They were getting no representation in congress to halt the imbalance of power and it forced them into an agricultural/economic depression. Slavery had nothing to do with the start of the war. Remember this... Slavery became an issue in Sept 1862 when Lincoln signed to free the slaves in the south to punish us for continuing to fight. We, as southerners, were fighting for independence from an imbalanced and tyrannical government. States rights and representation were the reasons for the war. Union troops weren't fighting for slaves. They were fighting to preserve the nation and to continue receiving cheap raw materials for their factories. It was economic, not

The fight between the union and a separate entity called the confederacy was a profound event in American History, but how did this development evolve? Slavery and democracy had existed for many years, making the Civil War avoidable, yet the course of events still led the United States to the outcome stated above. In order for one to understand this change, one must try to piece together the many instances that would tell him/her the reasons for a Civil War as destructive as the one fought in the eighteen hundreds between the North and the South. The Civil War was caused by the North’s and South’s viewpoints on slavery.

The Southerners still had to feed the slaves, but the slaves were not able to help the war effort. There was a ton of skirmishes and battles, but literally a third of their people were just farming cotton! The Union took advantage of this by blockading all ports around the South. The Confederacy could not ship out cotton, or bring in supplies. Due to this fact, the South’s entire economy was crumbling down! They needed to sell the cotton to bring back weapons and tools, but they did not have access to the ocean. The North had three times the factories, and made their own weapons, whereas the South had to have them brought in from Britain and other european

After thoroughly assessing past readings and additional research on the Civil War between the North and South, it was quite apparent that the war was inevitable. Opposed views on this would have probably argued that slavery was the only reason for the Civil War. Therefore suggesting it could have been avoided if a resolution was reached on the issue of slavery. Although there is accuracy in stating slavery led to the war, it wasn’t the only factor. Along with slavery, political issues with territorial expansion, there were also economic and social differences between North and South. These differences, being more than just one or two, gradually led to a war that was bound to happened one way or another.

American Civil War of 1861 to 1865 was a great and bloody war fought between the North and South. Growing up, we were taught in history class that it was a righteous war to free slaves, a public outcry for human rights. Abraham Lincoln once said that slavery “was somehow the cause of this war” (The American Pageant, 2006, p.348). But as we dig further, he also denied the intention to initiate a civil war, stating in his inaugural address that, “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the United States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.”(Freedom on My Mind: A History of African Americans, 2013, p.325)Accordingly, we can’t help but ask what made Abraham Lincoln change his mind, or, what exactly was the

The North’s actions of abolishing slavery and enacting tariffs caused the South to fight in hopes of preserving their way of life and economy. Plantations in the South were only successful because of slavery. Without the slaves helping them create the abundance of cotton, the South would have no economy. The country’s economy would be greatly altered if slavery was eliminated both from a consumer and producer perspective. When the North did announce that they wanted to completely eradicate slavery, the South was taken aback due to the fact that the whole country would not function without slavery and the cotton produced. The North wanted the South to industrialize but the South replied “… we must ever continue to be, wholly dependent upon agriculture and commerce (South Caroline Protest Against the Tariff of 1828).” The climate in the South did not allow for the same industrialization to occur as it did in the North. Plantations and their productions of cash crops were booming in the South and the northern frontier was too small of a market, therefore leading them to sell to foreign countries. This caused the North to enact tariffs and in order to prevent the South from being too successful and lose them as a market. The North ended up petrifying the Southerners into fighting a war in order to preserve their way of life and thriving economy.

In this paper I will elaborate on reasons for why the Civil War happened between the North and the South. Overall it was a power struggle between the two to outline the country the and states the ways that they wanted it. Main reasons I have found which we will expand upon would be state rights, territorial expansions, slavery, Abraham Lincoln’s election, the Dred Scott decision, and industrialization. As you can imagine these are all issues which can and did have a big impact on the wealth of individuals as well as states themselves. I will also elaborate on the strengths and weaknesses of the North and South and how it overall impacted the Civil War.

This essay will deal with the causes, events and consequences of the American Civil War which happened in the second half of the 19th century (1861 – 1865). I will argue the fact how the War meant a turning point of American democracy and its social structures, since many years, even decades after the War's ending, the society was still very far away from being able to denote itself as 'modern' or 'racially equal'. The War, and especially the concept of slavery and its emancipation, as one of the most significant events in both American and world history has been used as a common motif in literature and cinematography, therefore I will enumerate and shortly describe the modern adaptations of the period related to the War.