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Essay on U.S. Civil War 1861-1865
It was the greatest war in American history. 3 million fought, 600,000 died. It was the only war fought on American soil by Americans, and for that reason we have always been fascinated with The Civil War. Hundreds of books, movies and documentaries have (and are) being created about this war.The Causes of the Civil War Boom! The sounds of cannons are roaring through the smoke filled sky. War has begun, the North and the South are clashing at each other and hundreds are being shot down by the minute. What has started all this commotion? The North are fighting to abolish slavery and to pass a law on high tariffs. The South on the other hand are fighting for slavery and to stop the high tariffs.
Those were some amongst many causes of the war, the main reasons that caused them were economy or the way of life, political factors, and slavery. Economy was the way of life, it was a main cause of the war because it involved trade, slavery, and high tariffs. The North wanted railroads made only in the North for trade and growth, they wanted the South to pay for some of it too, even though the tracks wouldn’t go into the Southern territory.
The South thought this was unfair and they didn‘t want to pay for something that wasn’t going to include them. Another big problem were high tariffs. The North were avaricious, they wanted to pass the law on high tariffs for imported goods so that the South wouldn’t buy from the Europeans and would by from them. The South was enraged and did not want the tax. Slavery was also a big issue because the North wanted to abolish it. The South s economic system was based on slavery and cotton so if it was abolished it their economy would collapse......
