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It depends on when you begin the timeline. Since 1789 there were problems with slavery, but as the nation approached the middle 1800's the issue became more profound. As news states entered the Union the question came up if they would be free or slave. Acts were passed to address this problem , but that didn't help. The Mason-Dixon Line was drawn and that didn't help. Added to the mix were court decisions and elections of pro/anti slave fractions. With the election of Lincoln in 1860 things came to a head and in April 12, 1861 Ft. Sumter happened and the civil war had begun.
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What were the souths motives for fighting the civil war?
While many argue that the South fought only to keep slavery legal, slavery was only a part of the reason the South wanted to fight. The South did not like the fact that if the North won, there will be a very centralized government that will favor the rich Northern part of the U.S. The South wanted a decentralized government where states rights was supreme. The South fought for states rights which includes the right to own slaves.
What was the 5 reasons of the American Civil War?
Most people think the cause of the civil war was slavery. It wasn't. When Lincoln won the election the southern states were afraid he would abolish slavery, but the true issue was state rights. They felt they had the right to decide the issue of slavery for themselves. Lincoln disagreed since he argue that this was a "united" States. On April 12, 1861 the first shots were fired in South Carolina at Ft. Sumter a union fort in Charleston Bay. The fort had become a symbol of national sovereignty in the Confederate States because Lincoln wanted to maintain the fort, in the hope that a reaction toward Unionism in those states would eventually bring them back. This sparked 4 years of war in which at least 620,000 American soldiers lost their lives. It was mostly because of slavery though.
Why did the south in the civil war want slavery?
They didn't. Many border states like Maryland actually supported slavery. Lincoln only did it after realizing that the south might force slaves to join the confederate army and that slaves were essential to the southern economy. + emancipation proclamation only freed slaves in seceded states. Slaves in Maryland were not freed until the amendment was passed. While the above is true of Lincoln, there are a range of reasons why others wanted to free the slaves. Slavery benefited the Southern plutocracy, making it difficult for small farmers to establish themselves and compete. Due to an anomaly in the constitution, slavery gave the southern states greater representation in the lower house than their numbers of voters would justify. The issue also came to a head over whether the new territories would allow slavery. Slaves also undercut wages for menial labour. Oh yeah, and there's the moral and constitutional issues. I'm sure we're missing reasons here, but it was for a variety of reasons. One could even argue that the forces of capitalism demanded a move from blatant slavery to wage-slavery in order for the developmental potential of capital to be unleashed in the south.
What was the reason of the civil war?
It was fought over the twin issues of slavery and states rights. The south developed a view of the relationship between the federal government and the states which, if it had prevailed, would have made it almost impossible for the federal government to enforce its laws. Although the southern view was an arguable interpretation of the constitution, the primary reason they developed it was to rotect the institution of slavery. As anti-slavery sentiment grew in the north, so did political support for abolishing the institution at the federal level. The south kept offering interpretations of the constitution that would have prevented the abolition of slavery. And those interpretations were not invalid. When the new Republican party came into power in the election of 1860 the southern states felt that slavery was going to be ablolished so they seceeded from the union in order to protect it. The north, both to preserve the union and to attack slavery said thast secession was constitutionally impermissable and was an act of rebellion against the legitimate government. The north acted to enforce the constitution and federal law by keeping the southern states in the union and the southern states fought to maintain their independence. Michael Montagne Marx would suggest, naturally, that part of the reason for the sudden upsurge in abolition at the time preceding the Civil War was due, not only to Uncle Tom's Cabin, but to the economic upsurge in the south due to the cotton gin.
Why was slavery is a powerful issue?
It was such a powerful issue because of primarily moral standpoints as well as some economic ones. Slavery was a practice previously brought over by Europeans and eventually became part of the American life after the War of Independence. As time went on in the US Northern states eventually got rid of Slavery and began practicing a more industrial avenue of economic might. The South being more agricultural still used slavery as a means of harvest. The primary Southern output was Cotton; a product often sold to Europe. Slave labor was a benefactor in harvesting cotton as it had a population of 9 million; 4 million of which were slaves. Many people in the U.S. were calling for slavery to die a natural death or a forced one. The Moral troubles with slavery was that it was obviously the deprivation of one's God given human rights. This was a declaration voiced most loudly in white abolitionists like John Brown. Men like John Brown were joined by abolitionists in both the North and South in calling for a destruction of slavery. Although it was a tear down of human rights, some pro-slavery advocates argued that slavery was necessary because it helped southern economy and gave slaves a place to live. This coupled with it's political action and it's economic effects led to pro-war feelings leading up to the civil war. The idea of slavery can be likened to what Abortion is today. It's obviously murder but some would like to argue that it's still a woman's right.
