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The object of the American Civil War was to reaffirm state's rights which is a democratic ideal. The Southern States felt that their ability to self govern without the Federal Government getting involved was being infringed upon. While the Northern States were fighting to keep the USA united. Interestingly enough while yes South Carolina did fire on Fort Sumter, that was not an official military action sanctioned by the Confederate States. But when President Lincoln called up an Army of the Potomac to counter the uprising in the South, this infuriated the Southern States who felt slighted. In response to the "Northern Aggression, as the South still calls it, the Confederate States were formed to fight the North.

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The original purpose of the Civil War was to keep the Southern states from

seceding.

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the south wanted slaves the north didn't though the south claimed all it wanted was its rights (what liars)

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to form their independence from the union

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