SLAVERY AS THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR The American Civil war was waged between The United States of America and The Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. It began on April 12, 1861, when the Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumpter, and ended on May 26, 1865, with the surrender of the last Confederate forces, and with a total of 600, 000 casualties. There are varying beliefs as to what started this bloody war, ranging from differences of social …showed first 75 words of 998 total…

…showed last 75 words of 998 total…the country deadlocked when it came to deciding all issues that involved slavery. These compromises eventually led to violence, and led to extreme measures being taken by both sides. One of the extreme measures taken by the South was to secede from the union when Lincoln was elected president. This secession eventually led to the Civil War. From this, it is easy to say that slavery was the primary cause of the American Civil War.