No, it was the right to have slavery. The civil war was a States right issue. The southern states felt Lincoln would pass a federal law making slavery illegal and they felt each state should decide for themselves the slavery issue. Today we have some of the same schism concerning state rights vs federal law. The passage of legal marijuana laws is an example. Several states have made marijuana legal, but under federal law it is still illegal, so there is a schism between state and Federal Laws. Eventually the state and federal will have to align.
The overriding aim of the south was to force the Union to recognize the Confederacy as a separate country. This could occur by militarily defeating the Union, bankrupting the Union, toppling the elected government of the Union, or by gaining recognition from foreign powers who would then help persuade the Union. A second objective was to permit the continuation and expansion of slavery. For some southerners, this was the principal aim.
Keep South from Seceding
Lincoln. That was his principal war-aim. Later he turned the war into an Abolitionist crusade, to make it impossible for Britain and France to support the South without looking pro-slavery themselves.
an English trader who sold goods to people in the north and the south
To gain official recognition as a sovereign nation. They could claim that they didn't want a war.
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states rights, particularly as it related to slavery
To assert the viabiliy of the Confederacy as a sovereign nation and gain official recognition by Congress and by foreign countries.
The overriding aim of the south was to force the Union to recognize the Confederacy as a separate country. This could occur by militarily defeating the Union, bankrupting the Union, toppling the elected government of the Union, or by gaining recognition from foreign powers who would then help persuade the Union. A second objective was to permit the continuation and expansion of slavery. For some southerners, this was the principal aim.
Gaining California and New Mexico.
to recognition that they are their own "country" that is the main purpose why the south started the civil war
The aim of the war was simply to prevent North Korea from taking over South Korea, and that aim was accomplished (although even today, 59 years later, North Korea remains a threat).
The aim of the United Nations, of which the US forces were the major part, was to prevent North Korea from taking over South Korea.
Keep South from Seceding
It fulfilled its most urgent aim - to keep the British and French from granting recognition to the Confederates, as this would have made them look pro-slavery. Its official aim - to inspire the North into a heartfelt crusade against slavery - was not fulfilled to any marked degree.
The first Boer War (Farmer's War) started on the 16th December 1880 and lasted until 23rd of March 1881 in South Africa. The result of the war was farmer's victory and British recognition of the South African Republic and Orange Free State.