Why did the northerners fight the Civil War?

Answer 1

The US Civil War was war between pro slavery southern states and the Anti slavery Northern states. The southern states (initially 7 and subsequently 11) announced secession from the Union mainly on the issue of slavery. The slavery states were called Confederation states and the states that had not seceded were called Union States. After the announcement of secession hostilities broke out between two in 1861 and continued till 1865. The war ended with Confederacy defeat.

Answer 2

The American Civil War that pitted North against South was caused by deep-seated disagreement over the interconnected issues of states' rights and slave-holding. In general, Northerners were opposed to slave-holding, even if racial prejudice was not uncommon in the American North. Still more, Northerners were generally opposed to the view that a state could secede at will from the American Union.

Answer 3

Previously, the southern economy was depending on one crop (cotton) and hence slavery, while the northern economy was based more on industry than agriculture. The northerners became more polarized against slavery. Abraham Lincoln was anti-slavery and in favor of Northern interests.

Answer 4

Theses were the major reasons for the War of 1812 between the US and Britain:

1. Both Britain and France were interfering with American trade and were taking American ships.

2. The United States believed that Britain still not treating it as an independent country, and was actually providing Native Americans with guns to attack American settlers.

3. The United States also wanted to take Canada from Britain, and Florida from Spain.

Answer 5

The north and the south went to war in 1861 which was the beginning of the American Civil War, or the War Between the States. They went to war over both states rights and slavery. The result was the abolition of slavery and the dissolution of the Confederacy.

Answer 6

The polite pretense is that it was over slavery; Lincoln himself admitted otherwise. Basically, the South was being treated like it was the North's cash cow. The idea of putting a tariff on goods from the South, as if it were a foreign land, led to the inevitable idea, "If we are going to be treated as foreigners, why not *be* foreigners?" The South had to pay the shipping on goods sent North, they also had to pay the shipping for goods bought from the North. When the bills always come to you, and the benefits go to someone else, you can either take it or try to do something about it.

Answer 7

The North was fighting the Civil War originally to preserve the Union. However, later sometime, the North fought the Civil War to end slavery.

Answer 8

taxes and states rights

Answer 9

To preserve the Union.