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	Civil War - MSN Encarta
		American Civil War, a military conflict between the United States of America (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy) from 1861 to 1865.
		The American Civil War is sometimes called the War Between the States, the War of Rebellion, or the War for Southern Independence.
		The chief and immediate cause of the war was slavery.
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	The T. Rex Essay - Writings on History: The Causes of the Civil War
		The Civil War is a much studied topic in American history and the cause or causes of the war are hotly debated.
		The belief that the North engaged in war for noble causes was, to Ramsdell, propaganda that rose directly from John Nicolay and John Hay's biography of Lincoln published in 1890.
		In 1949, his son, Arthur Schelsinger Jr., wrote "The causes of the Civil War: a note on historical sentimentalism," in which he argued that "moral disgust with slavery" is what drove the North to the battlefield.
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	Causes of the Civil War
		In the introduction I stated that slavery was not necessarily the direct cause of the Civil War, nor was the War fought to end or preserve that institution.
		Causes of the Civil War: The Mexican War and the Wilmot Proviso
		Causes of the Civil War: "Bleeding Kansas" and the Dred Scott Decision
	www.civilwarhistory.com /articles/articles/causes_of_the_civil_war.htm (4364 words)

	Civil War - Causes of the Civil War
		The Civil War is mainly caused by myriads of conflicting pressures, principles, and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences and pride, and set into motion by a most unlikely set of political events.
		The American Revolutionary War had been fought to enforce that all men are created equal, but yet, slavery was legal in all the thirteen colonies through out the revolutionary period.
		Another cause of the civil was the Kansas & Nebraska Act sparked violence in Kansas.
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	Causes of the Civil War - History of the United States
		A second general cause of the civil war was the different system of labor in the North and in the South.
		Before the civil war it was estimated that Whitney's gin had added a thusand millions of dollars to the revenues of the Southern States.
		While these are in brief the several causes, remote and immediate, of one of the most terrible conflicts of modern times, yet when all these ae reduced to their last analysis, we find that slavery was the controlling factor in all the differences that led to the estrangement of the two sections of our land.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ca/state1/ridpath/causes1911.html (1463 words)

	Causes of the Civil War - A Northern Perspective
		It is true that the single, simple answer to the question "What caused the Civil War?" is slavery, but the causes of The Civil War are by no means simple, and saying slavery caused the Civil War is somewhat akin to saying the invention of the printing press caused the Enlightenment.
		Van Buren was blamed for the Panic of 1837 and faced stiff competition in the election of 1840 from William Henry Harrison, a Whig war hero.
		Southern Causes of the War of Northern Aggression (Civil War)
	blueandgraytrail.com /features/northerncauses.html (2563 words)

	Stampp’s Causes of the Civil War Lead Back to Slavery
		While all causes seemingly fall under the scope of slavery, there was a reason for just about every one in the North and South to fight in the Civil War and to fight on the side they were fighting.
		In the Civil War era, the mentality of the politicians and citizens was not that advanced.
		Precedents set by the Civil War are adequately addressed by political scientist Alice McDiarmid, and political scientist William Weeden thankfully explores the affects of the Civil War on the Constitution.
	workingpapers.org /students/stampp_causes_of_the_civil_war.htm (2239 words)

	Civil War
		Westward expansion caused some heated debates on whether or not to permit certain territories to become states because of their view on slavery and if slavery was morally right etc. Most of these debates occurred in the early or mid-1800s.
		The war's final outcome was yet unknown, and it would be left to other battles to decide whether the sacrifice at Manassas was part of the price of southern independence, or the cost of one country again united under the national standard.
		At the outbreak of war he became military adviser to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, and in 1862 commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
	www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu /coakhist/cwar.html (6751 words)

	Causes of the Civil War
		Before the Civil War, anyone refering to the country said "The United States ARE a collection of states that make up a government." Now, the correct statement would be "The United States IS a collection..." We are solidly defined, we are one unit with a strong central government.
		At the conclusion of the Mexican War, President James Knox Polk requested from Congress the sum of $2 million in order to indemnify the Mexican government for territory annexed by the U.S. The Wilmot Proviso moved to exclude slavery from the acquired territory and was approved by the House on Aug. 8, 1846.
		From the same cause, there is a like tendency in aristocratical to terminate in absolute governments of the monarchical form; but by no means as strong, because there is less repugnance between military power and aristocratical, than between it and democratical governments.
	www.civilwarhistory.com /slavetrade/causes.htm (15367 words)

	American Civil War From Sumter to Surrender at Appomattox
		There have been many explanations as to the cause of the Civil War: States rights and slavery are often put forth as the main reasons.
		The primary cause of the American Civil War was economics.
		The struggle between these two combatants is the American Civil War, also known as the War Between the States or the War of the Rebellion.
	history-world.org /american_civil_war.htm (2879 words)

	Causes of the Civil War
		Civil War: In U.S. history, the conflict (1861—65) between the Northern states (the Union) and the Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy.
		It is generally known in the South as the War between the States and is also called the War of the Rebellion (the official Union designation), the War of Secession, and the War for Southern Independence.
		The name Civil War is misleading because the war was not a class struggle, but a sectional combat having its roots in political, economic, social, and psychological elements so complex that historians still do not agree on its basic causes.
	www.us-civilwar.com /cause.htm (811 words)

	The Civil War for Fifth Graders
		A civil war is a war between different groups of people who belong to the same country.
		The American Civil War was fought between the North (Union states) and the South (Confederate states).
		Clara Barton known as the "Angel of the Battlefields" was a famous Civil War nurse to wounded Union troops.
	www.radford.edu /~sbisset/civilwar.htm (1534 words)

	American Civil War Causes Kids Zone
		There were many reasons for a Civil War to happen in America, and political issues and disagreements began soon after the American Revolution ended in 1782.
		War talk was on everyone's lips and sharp divisions took place, even among families and neighbors.
		During the Civil War, Mary Adams wants to do more than work at the aid society so she sets out for the front lines, where she cleans the wounds of Lynn Rhodes and then conceals the fact that Lynn is female.
	americancivilwar.com /kids_zone/causes.html (2031 words)

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		Understands slavery prior to the Civil War (e.g., the importance of slavery as a principal cause of the Civil War, the growing influence of abolitionists, childrens' roles and family life under slavery)
		Understands the development of sectional polarization and secession prior to the Civil War (e.g., how events after the Compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott decision impacted sectional differences, southern justification for secession, the presidential leadership of Buchanan and Lincoln during the secession crisis)
		Understands issues other than slavery that led to the Civil War (e.g., the appeal of the Northern "free labor" ideology in preventing the further extension of slavery in the new territories; cultural differences, conflicting economic issues, opposing constitutional perspectives)
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	Causes of the Civil War: A Balanced Answer
		It is a fact that when the armies for the North and South were first formed, only a small minority of the soldiers on either side would have declared that the reason they joined the army was to fight either "for" or "against" slavery.
		Although the majority of the American people-- including many moderate politicians like Abraham Lincoln--wanted to avoid Civil War and were content to allow slavery to die a slow, inevitable death, the most influential political leaders of the day were not.
		In these arguments, both southern and northern politicians were speaking the truth--but not "the whole truth." They knew that to declare the war to be a fight over slavery would cause a lot of the potential soldiers of both sides to refuse to fight.
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	WowEssays.com - Causes Of The Civil War
		Origins of the Civil War Partisan politics have been an American institution since the days of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
		When blame is sought for the cause of the Civil War, slavery has always been at the forefront and is the most prominent reason, but also included are the economic differences between the North and the South.
		In the past 135 years since the Civil War’s end, a search for cause and blame for the conflict has been examined by economists, politicians, and historians.
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	Causes of the Civil War
		The causes of the war will be found at the foundation of our political fabric, in our complex organism, in the fundamental law, in the Constitution itself, in the conflicting constructions which it invited, and in the institution of slavery which it recognized and was intended to protect.
		Generation after generation, in Congress, on the hustings, and through the press, these irreconcilable doctrines were urged by constitutional expounders, until their arguments became ingrained into the very fibre of the brain and conscience of the sections.
		The long war of words between the leaders waxed at last into a war of guns between their followers.
	www.civilwarhome.com /gordoncauses.htm (1360 words)

	Causes of the Civil War - Hist 3
		Slavery was the central, and virtually the only cause of the war.
		Because the North and the South held views on the issue of slavery that were both irreconcilable and unalterable, the conflict was inevitable.
		The clash between different cultures and ideologies caused the Civil War.
	www.udel.edu /dssep/tools_hist/hist-cwar.htm (294 words)

	Causes of the Civil War - The relation of slavery, State's Rights, sectionalism, and economic factors which caused the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Causes of the Civil War - The relation of slavery, State's Rights, sectionalism, and economic factors which caused the Civil War.
		The Civil War was caused by a myriad of conflicting pressures, principles, and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences and pride, and set into motion by a most unlikely set of political events.
		This threat was greatly magnified in 1859 by John Brown's seizure of the Harper's Ferry arsenal and his call for a general insurrection of the slaves.
	www.swcivilwar.com /cw_causes.html (1471 words)

	Term Paper on The Causes of the Civil War
		The causes of the civil war The American Civil War was the bloodiest conflict ever fought in United States history.
		Because the war was continental, every family was and possibly still continues to be divided over the causes and its lasting effects.
		The causes of the Civil War are extremely complex and debatable.
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	Reflections on the Causes of the Civil War: Just a Few Views
		Another statistic is that one third of all Southern soldiers died in the war, compared to one-sixth of the Northern soldiers.
		This was a war of passion, a war of principles, a war that would tear away at the heart and soul of this county, and of the individual.
		The Civil War was between the Southern States, who were trying to preserve slavery and their agricultural way of life, and the Northern States dedicated to a more modern way of life, ending of slavery, as well as the preservation of this great country of ours.
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	Causes of the Civil War 1790'
		Probably one of the biggest and most important causes for the Civil War 1861 to 1865, was the acquiring of new territories by the U.S. Between 1803 and 1848.
		The Mexican American War caused Civil War tensions and more sectionalism between the North and the South in the 1850's.
		In 1850, the Compromise of 1850 was passed to again try to solve some of the tensions between the North and the South.
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	Free Essay Causes of the Civil War Essay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Slavery is most often cited as the cause of the American Civil War but like any war, there were a number of underlying causes besides the...
		An Exploration of the Causes of the Civil War
		This event, known as the Boston Tea Party, was significant in the pre-Revolutionary War crisis because it was the first act of resistance that ended in the destruction of a large amount of private property.
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	The Civil War
		Finally, on August 6, 1861, fugitive slaves were declared to be "contraband of war" if their labor had been used to aid the Confederacy in any way.
		It became clear to many poor southern whites that the war was being waged by the rich planters and the poor were fighting it.
		Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army.
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	::The Causes of the English Civil War::
		The English Civil War has many causes but the personality of Charles I must be counted as one of the major reasons.
		Few people could have predicted that the civil war, that started in 1642, would have ended with the public execution of Charles.
		His most famous opponent in this war was Oliver Cromwell - one of the men who signed the death warrant of Charles.
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