Because it was the mainstay of the cotton industry, which accounted for more than half of all the exports of the USA.
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The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves, and they were worried that President Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, so many of the southern states left the union to try and keep their slaves.
The South wanted to keep the idea of slavery so that the inhabitants of the southern United States could make a bigger profit out of cotton farming.
The main reason the Union fought in the war was to keep the Southern states in the Union. Another reason was to abolish slavery.
Northern viewsA vocal minority of northern were abolitionists or people who wanted to end slavery.Southern viewsMany wanted to keep slavery no matter how bad the slaves felt about it .
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They seceded from the union and formed their own confederation of states.
Actually, Slavery never ended while President Lincoln was alive. The Civil War did not end slavery in the United States. Lincoln only freed slaves that were caught during the civil war from southern states. The Northern states which had slaves still were allowed to keep their slaves. Slavery ended the December after Lincolns death with the 13th Amendment.
The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves, and they were worried that President Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, so many of the southern states left the union to try and keep their slaves.
The Union states were against slavery so naturally they welcomed it. However the Confederate states (Southern States) wished to keep slavery so were opposed to it.
The major issue between southern and northern states was the problem of slavery. The North had abolished it and the South wanted to keep it.
The southern states seceded due to Lincoln's election. This was done chiefly in attempt to keep slavery. It was also about states rights.
The South wanted to keep the idea of slavery so that the inhabitants of the southern United States could make a bigger profit out of cotton farming.
It caused the south to secede in order to keep their slavery alive .
The main reason the Union fought in the war was to keep the Southern states in the Union. Another reason was to abolish slavery.
to keep slavery
The southern states were very powerful in congress and slavery was still not seen as something that was wrong. The slave states felt they needed slaves for the economy and to keep growing the cotton, tobacco and rice..