Civil war???

Question

what were the main causes of the civil war?

what were the main effects?

Answer 1

When the compromise of 1850 was passed the country was split in half.  Slavery to the south and free to the north.  The southern states wanted to part from the Union when the north did  not want to support the fugitive slave act. There were many small factors such as that but the main cause was the impending presidency of Abraham Lincoln.  The south saw him as an abolitionist and once he became president the south parted ways from the north.  The south needed the slaves because of the agricultural based economy.  The north didn't want slavery because it was wrong yes, but mainly because they were highly industrialized and had no need for slaves.

Answer 2

fighting to get rid of slavery

Answer 3

Depending on what Civil War you are referring to.  The American Civil war: The chief and immediate cause of the war was slavery. Southern states, including the 11 states that formed the Confederacy, depended on slavery to support their economy. Southerners used slave labor to produce crops, especially cotton. Although slavery was illegal in the Northern states, only a small proportion of Northerners actively opposed it. The main debate between the North and the South on the eve of the war was whether slavery should be permitted in the Western territories recently acquired during the Mexican War (1846-1848), including New Mexico, part of California, and Utah. Opponents of slavery were concerned about its expansion, in part because they did not want to compete against slave labor.

The Immediate effects is the

Economic dislocation for the southern states.

The Long term effect is the reconstruction, thus making USA what it is today.

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Jade

Answer 4

A battle over states' rights.The effects were a loss of the Republic and rewriting of history to make it appear it was due to the slavery issue.