The Civil War

Title: The Civil War
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The Civil War

The Primary Cause of the American Civil War: Economics More than one million people dead and a nation torn apart. “A fight against slavery” it was said, but was that the main reason the war was fought? Or is that just what our nation says to glorify our past? There were many factors that contributed to the United States’ Civil War, but the main reason for the war can be attributed to the economic differences …showed first 75 words of 943 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 943 total…industry, cattle grazing, and fishing, whereas the south had only cotton. The taxes that the south paid for industry and the tariffs made the south increasingly ready to nullify or secede. The north and south had very different economic interests and both were ready to fight to protect theirs. In conclusion, there were a variety of reasons for the Civil War but at the root of each lay the economics of the north and south.

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