Question

Which of the following was the most important cause of the Civil War: political failures, economic differences, or slavery? Why

Answer 1

Slavery is the most cited cause of the war, other political and cultural differences between the North and the South certainly contributed civil war. The economies of many northern states had moved away from farming to the industry in the mid-1800s. Many people in the North worked and lived in large cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. The southern states maintained on an economy based on slave labor a large farming economy. While the North no longer needed slaves, the South relied heavily upon slaves for their way of life. People in the North called; abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong and evil. They wanted slavery made illegal throughout the United States.