| ImJustBayuum said: Slavery was the last straw, right. So slavery burst the bubble of accumulated problems, that drove america to civil war. So technically speaking, slavery was the cause of this specific civil war. But this is from a face-value perspective, if you look at a it holistically, than of course youre going to find deeper reasons/motives than what is presented at face value (slavery). I guess it all depends on how you view the issue. |
Slavery was not outlawed, until 1865, and the 14th amendment. A year after the civil war was over.
So Slavery was not the cause of the war, as it was legal all the way up to, and through the war. The way slavery could factor into it, was the south might of been worried the the Union one day would outlaw it, and chose to not live under a government with that much power over them, but there was no law on slavery that forced there hand.
