Basically it was a States Rights issue. The essential question was if a state had the right to keep slavery when the federal government said that slavery was illegal. The south was convinced that Lincoln would outlaw slavery so they left the union instead of waiting for him to pass a law. The issues of state rights and federal law still is active today. Several states have passed laws that were against Federal Laws or hampers a law in some form.
He was fighting against the south so he was with the north fighting against slavery.
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The South was fighting to keep its independence - and retain the cotton revenues. The North was fighting to restore the Union - and regain the cotton revenues.
Yes they were fighting about slavery. The north side of the U.S. was fighting against slavery and south was fighting to keep slavery. Boo slavery!
The North was fighting to preserve the union while the South was fighting because they wanted out of the union, but not necessarily to become individual states.
The North was fighting the US; the South was allied to the US.
He fought for the north
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It was about slavery.
To retrieve the cotton revenues