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What was the cause of the American Civil War?
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    Posted: 22-Apr-2005 at 14:13

You say that it is between states rights and slavery. I say that if Lincoln had let the South secede there would have been no Civil War.  Therefore I believe that it was Lincoln's desire to save the Union that was the cause of the fighting.  So we have 3 causes for the Civil War, both states rights and slavery for the South, and preserving the Union for the North.  (Yes, slavery was used as a rallying cry  by the polititians)
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That is an insightful point, Archeophile. Why did Lincoln want to preserve the Union?

I can have already come up with several rationalizations, but I don't want to inject my opinions to what actually moved Lincoln and the North to the fight the war.
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Originally posted by Archaeophile

You say that it is between states rights and slavery. I say that if Lincoln had let the South secede there would have been no Civil War.  Therefore I believe that it was Lincoln's desire to save the Union that was the cause of the fighting.  So we have 3 causes for the Civil War, both states rights and slavery for the South, and preserving the Union for the North.  (Yes, slavery was used as a rallying cry  by the polititians)

No, but we did have wars that resulted in the deaths of thousands upon thousands on the opposing sides.
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