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What do you think was the cause of the Civil War?
The main cause is not slavery, but SLAVERY is the main source of the causes!
The Civil War
• Started 1861 – 1865, very bloody, deadly, 160 thousand people died
• War between the Confederacy and the Federal Government
• Confederacy: the southern states (not all), based on slavery --- separation
• Federal Government: no separation allowed (Lincoln), keep unity!
Causes linked with slavery
Why South want to separate from North?
Culture
• Culture = slavery dependence
• Slavery = lifestyle
• “Slavery is a positive good”, there’s slavery in the Bible
• “we’re like their teachers, their fathers” --- idea of paternalism
• “Democracy is impossible without slavery” --- old fashioned is good
Social and racial
• Inequality b/w whites and blacks = normal
• Clear separation of human levels --- black = slave = the worst
• “If you’re white and poor you might suffer from hunger, but at least not a slave”
Economic
• South economy depends on slavery = essential cheap workforce
• E.g. huge tobacco, cotton industry
• Argue: prevents industrialization --- really needed?
Northerners
• Actions without thinking --- “Do as you would like other to do to you”
• Only considered their own ideas; conflict of interest:
o “Slavery is wrong” – races are equal – esp. the Radicals
o Prevents Free Market – whites less competitive, no wages, no jobs
o Inequality is high – only few are rich
o It’s “Un-American” – no equality, no human rights…
Lincoln
• Lincoln = the biggest threat – “Slavery is wrong”
• Prevents the states in Confederacy to leave Federal Government - sent armies to “protect” its own people --- lead: fire from Confederacy
Southerners
• Should negotiate with the...
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