what was the civil war about? and was slavery over after this or not?

Answer 1

The US civil war was about states' rights and how the federal government trampled all over them. The slavery issue was added by the Union to keep the British out of the war because they sided with the South.

Answer 2

The civil war was not, as some would have you believe, fought over slavery. The civil war was fought over state's rights - which included the right to continue holding slaves, among other things. The issue was whether or not states had the right to enact laws that may be in contrast with federal laws. The confederates believed that their respective states' situations necessitated the ability to govern themselves directly.
to better understand that, i encourage you to look up the definition of a confederacy, or even take a look at the articles of confederation, the first form of government in the united states.
And yes, slavery was ended when abraham lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law in 1862, a full 3 years before the war ended in 1865.

Answer 3

The civil war happened because the Union (Northern) states, didn't like slavery, and the Southern states did, and there was so much arguement about this that the Southern state threatened to break away and form a new country. Yes slavery was over afterwards, but that was just the issue that caused the arguement. The arguement made the South break away, and the North fought to keep the country together.

Answer 4

The Civil War was between the already industrialised Northern part of America and the very conservatory Southern part. In the South Afro-Americans were used as slaves on cotton plantations. The cotton industry was the only flourishing one there. They had absolutely no rights as slaves of course. In the North Afro-Americans although they did not have too many rights, like for example they were not allowed to vote, they were free, and they were paid for their work in the factories or elsewhere. After the war not many things changed and slavery was most definately not abolished. That happened later and only on paper, for the people in the South couldn't change their way of thinking.

Answer 5

The civil was was about this. Slaves wre freed before the war. The Southern States vowed to succceed from the Union when Lincoln wanted to make federal government have power over state government. Before this the states had more power. Well the North did this and the south said "We're out of the Union" The north said "no you're not" and there was a war. The South lost. After the war, Lincoln was shot by one John Wilkes Booth. The person who replaced Lincoln thought it would be good punishment for the South to deprive them of just about all their rights. He decided to put blacks in position over them because of thier rebellion. Blacks faught on both sides of the civil war. North and South.

Answer 6

The Civil War was about many different political reasons. Slavery just happened to be one of them. Go read a history book that is just about the Civil War.

Answer 7

It was not about slavery in the beginning but about the right for a state to choose to leave the Union if it wished to. The North said no, the South said yes. There were also lots of economic issues between the two sections of the country. The trade laws that helped industry in the North hurt farming in the South. In 1862 it became about slavery and yes, slavery did officially end in the U.S. after this war.

Answer 8

The civil war was mainly about the states who wanted to secede from the rest of the country. Yes slavery was over after the civil war. I hope you are from another country or something or like the first person said, I am very worried about our educational system.

Answer 9

A big part of the war was economics . . .and the issue of slavery entered into the conflict in regard to the new territories.

Another big part of the war was over the conflict of states rights versus federal rights . . and the issue of whether or not a group of states could secede from the union.

After the war, slavery was not completely abolished, but it was more or less gradually phased out.

Answer 10

It was over after this, yes. But technically the civil war was about the southern states seceding from the us to make the confederate states of america. As Abraham Lincoln said "a house divided, cannot stand". The US wouldnt let the other states leave. The other states wanted to leave because they knew that Abraham Lincoln being elected president meant that slavery would be abolished.