Cause Of War

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nation. Many people thought that this war would not last very long, some even said that the men who enlist into the army will come home heroes within a few short weeks, but the North underestimated the South’s will to be independent, and in terms the South didn’t realize how determined the North was to end the rebellion.

1. ECONOMIC REASONS

During the 19th century the South remained completely agricultural and derived most of its wealth from the production of cotton, which was held mostly on slavery, when at the same time the North was expanding industrially and was more advanced commercially. The fact that slavery still existed to the northerners was unacceptable, and this was perhaps one of the most important causes of the civil war. Cotton was in large demand all around the world, and it grew very well in the southern climate, but gathering and processing it required a lot of human labor. Therefore slavery in the south was used on a very large scale. In these ...

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