[Lysandru]

Sorry-- forget your Yankee bashing. Why don't we just consult the very declaration made by the South Carolina legilature when they voted for secession? Go here:

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html#South%20Carolina

Game, Set, and Match.

[MamaB]

There were 5 main reasons of the war. Go to this site:

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarmenu/a/cause_civil_war.htm

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Sorry-- forget your Yankee bashing. Why don't we just consult the very declaration made by the South Carolina legilature when they voted for secession?

No, it was all about states' rights ... the right to maintain slavery.

You must be some kind of truth freak.

[Alberta's Child]

The dispute between the Union and Confederacy that led up to the Civil War were far more complex than just a moral question about slavery. I'll cite just a few other issues that probably had far more influence than most people realize:

1. The basic nature of the U.S. government and its relationship with state governments, with either a powerful central government or a loose confederation of state governments as the model.

2. The process and organization of the settlement of the West.

3. The nature and regulatory structure of commerce in the United States over long distances between multiple states and territories -- mainly the railroads across the West and shipping along the Mississippi River system.

[FewsOrange]

I found 82 occurances of the word slave (or variations like slavery) in the document you linked to.

But it wasn’t about slavery, no sirree, definitely not.

[mnehring]

Interesting link. Every single declaration of secession by the Confederate States listed Slavery as a main or contributing reason.

[Randy Larsen]

Thanks For The History Lesson!