Slavery and Economic Policies as Causes for the Civil War

Although some historians feel that the Civil War was a result of political blunders and that the issue of slavery did not cause the conflict, this interpretation fails to consider the two main causes of the war itself: the expansion of slavery and its entrance into the political scene. The Civil War (1861-1877) was a product of the diverging society between the North and the South, who had different goals.
Slavery and slave trades had become a big part of the South's economy. The slaves were needed to work on plantations, which helped the South prosper. …