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[–] Walk1 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There is such a thing as an ancillary or secondary cause for a Civil War. I think slavery was used as a front to justify the war when the primary causes were tariffs and the federal government taking control of arsenals in the South.

The South had a militia system in place where loyalty to your state was as important as the region itself. In this context, it was also a battle over the necessity of the articles of Confederation, so its roots go back to the period after the Revolutionary War.

It is fine to state that the Civil War was not over slavery, but in a sense it was, because the South was not only guarding political freedoms and traditions, but also the economy it had built up and it was the fourth wealthiest economy in the world.