why did the american civil war start?

Answer 1

Between the secession of the Southern States and the intolerable burden the South felt the North was imposing, it was time to make a decisive attack.

Answer 2

The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a sectional conflict in the United States between the Federal government ("Union") and 11 southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America, led by President Jefferson Davis. The "Union", led by President Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party which opposed expansion of slavery, rejected any right of secession. Fighting began April 12, 1861 when Confederate forces attacked a Federal fort at the Battle of Fort Sumter.

Word for word from wikipedia.

Answer 3

Those southern punks had to be put in their place.

We can't be having no white supremists doing whatever the hell they what, while calling it states' rights.

Sure the North was always passing laws that went against the ways of the South, but that was because the south was full of immoral self-righteous hillbillies.

The south were easy to control for the most part, because they are shiftless in most matters unless it concerns with race/racism.
Thus the hillbilies didn't feel the need to start the civil war until the north tried to stop them from having slaves. When that happened, it was the last straw. Hillibillies love being white, and if they see anything that threatens their whiteness such as freeing the slaves, then its WAR!

Answer 4

It was not because the south had slaves. The whole country had slaves; both north and south. It was because the north was treating the south as a seperate colony. The north has always been more technology driven and the south has been mainly agriculture. More people lived near the technology areas and less around the areas of agriculture. More money was being spent up north and the south was being neglected.

Answer 5

Originally, it was over the right of states to do what they wanted, in this case legalize slavery. That's why 11 states left the Union.

After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, the reason then shifted to freeing the slaves.

The Confederacy was doomed from the start because the states did not want a central government telling them what to do.

Answer 6

Cuz the south felt like they were being treated like babies. They felt the North was being another "England" to them, and they didn't like it. The north was treating them like this cuz they kept on succeding and said they had no right to, but the south said they did.

Answer 7

b/c white folks wanted to own us but lincoln wasnt takin that stuff so they went to war and all that crap. plus the south wanted to become a seperate country from the northern states