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Why did slavery system become a major issue in American Civil War?
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Abolitionists in the North saw slavery as an immoral practice and began lobbying congress to abolish the practice, but there was also an economic component to the dispute. The North's economy was industrial, based on manufacture, and did not require as many people, even though the Northern population was greater. The South's economy was agrarian, requiring, in the days before agricultural mechanization, intensive physical labor, far more people than the free population of the South had. The South saw slavery as, at the very least, a necessary evil, that allowed an elite few to live a lavish lifestyle. Politically each faction tried to gain a majority, or at least a sizable enough minority, to prevent the other side from passing legislation that would hinder its cause: in other words-gridlock.
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They worked for the whites, which helped the economy grow. It set up a system of racism and slavery that lasted until the American Civil War (1860's)
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the reconstruction era of the United States
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The Mexican-War reignited the slavery question, as many of the acquired lands from Mexico became pro-slavery states territories. For example, Texas and New Mexico became pro-slavery while California and Utah didn't. Ultimately, this led to the American Civil War.
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cotton
Why was slavery a cause of the American Civil War?
it wasn't about slavery
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slavery
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The American Revolution did not effect slavery. It was the Civil War that had the biggest effect on slavery in the US.
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How does the American Civil War link to the slave trade?
The civil war was fought because of slavery. North=No Slavery South=More Slavery
At what point did the American Civil War become inevitable?
At Fort Sumter when the first shots were fired.
After what war did slavery end?
The American Civil War.
What is an example of a thesis that a historian might write?
The American Civil War was caused not by slavery but by economic factors.
When did slavery become a problem in the US making the Civil War start?
The civil war started over "States Rights", not slavery.
The American Civil War was fought to put an end to what?
slavery
How can you end that slavery didn't start the civil war?
No one in their right mind, can say or prove that slavery had nothing to do with the American Civil War. In American History, it's plain to see that slavery was a major reason of why the Civil War was fought for 4 long and hard years.
