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Texas. Virginal. Louisiana
While people Northern States considered slavery as "inhumane" and Southern States considered it as "important part of capitalist expansion," both groups were essentially racist- believing that whites are superior to blacks. This is because of Social Darwinism that began to gain support.
Abraham Lincoln did not believe that he needed to compromise with the South on the issue of expansion of slavery in the Territories. He thought that the Southern States were bluffing and would not leave the Union.
He would have immediately caused poor relations between himself and states that approved slavery, but remained part of the union. States such as Maryland, who were pro-slavery, would have left the union, as well. The Civil War was fought over the expansion of slavery, not the essence of slavery itself.
The root cause of the US Civil War was the strong desire of the southern states to maintain slavery in the face of increasing northern opposition to slavery and the growth of the northern population that seemed certain to eventually control the Federal Government and abolish slavery.