What was the main cause for the US Civil War?
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From South Carolina's Declaration of War/Secession: "[A]n increasing hostility on
the part of the non-slaveholding States to the institution of slavery,
has led to a disregard of their obligations, and the laws of the General
Government have ceased to effect the objects of the Constitution. The
States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Iowa, have enacted laws which either nullify the Acts of
Congress or render useless any attempt to execute them. In many of these
States the fugitive is discharged from service or labor claimed, and in
none of them has the State Government complied with the stipulation
made in the Constitution. The State of New Jersey, at an early day,
passed a law in conformity with her constitutional obligation; but the
current of anti-slavery feeling has led her more recently to enact laws
which render inoperative the remedies provided by her own law and by the
laws of Congress. In the State of New York even the right of transit
for a slave has been denied by her tribunals; and the States of Ohio and
Iowa have refused to surrender to justice fugitives charged with
murder, and with inciting servile insurrection in the State of Virginia.
Thus the constituted compact has been deliberately broken and
disregarded by the non-slaveholding States, and the consequence follows
that South Carolina is released from her obligation".
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp
the part of the non-slaveholding States to the institution of slavery,
has led to a disregard of their obligations, and the laws of the General
Government have ceased to effect the objects of the Constitution. The
States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Iowa, have enacted laws which either nullify the Acts of
Congress or render useless any attempt to execute them. In many of these
States the fugitive is discharged from service or labor claimed, and in
none of them has the State Government complied with the stipulation
made in the Constitution. The State of New Jersey, at an early day,
passed a law in conformity with her constitutional obligation; but the
current of anti-slavery feeling has led her more recently to enact laws
which render inoperative the remedies provided by her own law and by the
laws of Congress. In the State of New York even the right of transit
for a slave has been denied by her tribunals; and the States of Ohio and
Iowa have refused to surrender to justice fugitives charged with
murder, and with inciting servile insurrection in the State of Virginia.
Thus the constituted compact has been deliberately broken and
disregarded by the non-slaveholding States, and the consequence follows
that South Carolina is released from her obligation".
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp
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Top Opinion
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The Thinking Woman 2012/02/23 22:04:55Slavery or reason(s) resulting from an agrarian/industrial dichotomy
+8As mentioned in each state's declaration of secession and war, it was slavery. People talk about state's rights, it was the right to own slaves. How pathetic the south is still fighting such a horrific, senseless war in order to own another human being. How ignorant they want to fly a flag that represents a time when one person was allowed to own another human being. How ridiculous some idiots still cling to a time when so many died for a cause for only the wealthy because the average southerner could not afford a slave, only the wealthy could. It is kind of like the republicans of today supporting a party that is strictly for promoting the wealthy.
Profits.
Lincoln felt a kinship to the slaves because his father was a very harsh man and Lincoln felt he was treated the same as the slaves on neighboring farms. The reason he wasn't vocally abolitionist during his campaign was because he would have lost the election if he had been, but talk about the abolition movement was the foundation of his relationship with Mary Todd from it's beginning.
disregarded by the non-slaveholding States, and the consequence follows
that South Carolina is released from her obligation".
Don't get me wrong, slavery was a major issue as well, but not the only issue.
Everything else anyone can mention is secondary to the big elephant in the room.