American Civil War
No event in U.S. history evokes controversy like a discussion of the causes of
The American Civil War. From old men to great authors and politicians, the
argument rages on. “Slavery was the issue that hung the South and caused the
Civil War.” Another argument: “It was because the South seceded.” Yet others
argue that it was “industry” versus “agriculture” or in other words, Hamiltonians
versus Jeffersonians.
However, the Civil War was inevitable because of not only these reasons, but
many others as well. The road to war actually began years before a shot was
fired, and the political policies of the era fueled the flames of dissention.
In interviewing randomly and asking a bystander the cause of the war between
the states, a common response would be, “It was a war to free the slaves.” If that
was the reason, then why were they rejected as soldiers when Lincoln proclaimed
“a state of......
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