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Causes of the Civil War
Although some historians feel that the Civil War was a result of
political blunders and that the issue of slavery did not cause the conflict,
they ignore the two main causes. The expansion of slavery, and its entrance
The North didn't care about slavery as long as it st ....
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.... had a goal to work
for. In the election of 1860 you can see that Lincoln only secured 4% of
the popular vote in the South, only winning in the upper 5 states, where in
the north he received 54% of the popular vote. This shoes how united the
South was in their dislike for Lincoln. If the South had been more divided
they might have been more willing to compromise.
The central cause of conflict between North and South was slavery, but
it was only in it's expansion that it became a reason for war. The entrance
of slavery into politics made it int ....
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