More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

Slavery was the root cause of the Civil War, but Nikki Haley is right that from March 4, 1861 to January 1, 1863, the Civil War was about keeping the Union together.

Also, an exam tutorial for AP U.S. History students advises that the causes of the Civil War were: the southern slave economy, based on the raw products of tobacco and cotton; ...

Historian Michael Holt wrote about the causes of the secession crisis and the subsequent Civil War in his book “The Political Crisis of the 1850s”. Does any of this sound ...

As to the causes of the Civil War, one question needs to be asked before any other: Is it ever right or moral for one human being to claim ownership of another human being? Read the history of ...

Slavery was the central reason for Southern secession and war in 1861. Yet in 2024, two candidates for president, Nikki Haley, who failed to mention slavery as the war’s cause, and Donald Trump ...

Even though Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee shook hands at Appomattox Court House in 1865, it seems that arguments over the Civil War will never end. And no bigger argument about America’s ...

Dogmas of the stormy present confuse Civil War debate Politicians need only to look to Lincoln's words to understand his objectives during the conflict-turned-bloodbath. By D.J. Tice ...

Feeling excluded from the political system, they turned to the only alternative they believed was left to them: secession, a political decision that led directly to war. Video: Causes of the Civil War ...