The clash of the two philosophies states' right's VS the union (South of USA vs the North), was one of the main contributing factors to the out break of the civil war in 1861. The North wanted a union of states lead by a federal government, and this clashed with the south's desire for each individual state to have its own individual rights. Abraham Lincoln, the president of the Union believed strongly in keeping the union …showed first 75 words of 583 total…

…showed last 75 words of 583 total…The problem of slavery was a major contributer to the civil war in 1861. As the United States was a union it would have to make a decision to either go for slavery or go against it. As the majority of the North wanted the abolition of slavery and the South believed in states' rights as a means to continuing what they had done for as long as they could remember, a major conflict was inevitable.