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To secede and to keep slavery.

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Q: Why was the south fighting the civil war?
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What did the north and south do to prevent fighting a civil war?

What? They did not prevent a civil war, they fought one .


Who is fighting in the civil war?

South or The Confederacy and the North or The Union


Lincoln was fighting in the civil war to reunite what?

The north and south


Where did most of the civil war fighting took place?

In the South


Why was the north fighting in the civil war and why was the south fighting in the war?

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.


What were the NOrth and the South fighting for at the end of the Civil War?

In the beginning of the Civil War the North was fighting to join the South back into the Union. While to the South the war was about defense, to protect their new country Confederate States of America(C.S.A). By the end of the war the North was fighting against the 'Peculiar Institution in other words slavery, while the South was fighting to save it.


Was Abraham Lincoln on the North or South in the Civil War?

He was fighting against the south so he was with the north fighting against slavery.


Why were they fighting in the civil war?

They were fighting because they made many disagreements between the north and south.


Who were the sides that were fighting in the civil war?

The North, Union, and the South, Confederates.


What is the two name of the sections fighting in the civil war?

North and South!


Was America north or south in the civil war?

They were "the Civil War". The North and the South were going against each other. They were fighting against slavery (the North). And the South wanted slavery.


What was the North's reason for fighting in the Civil War?

To keep the North and the South together.......