what is a great American Civil War political issue to discuss??
2006-11-14 01:53:03 · 12 answers · asked by Kyle W 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
slavery
2006-11-14 01:54:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main issue of the Civil War was about state's rights and economic freedoms. Slavery played a part in the war, but was not the main issue!!! The south fought to gain independence from the aggressive northern tariffs and economic monopolies that the north controlled!!!
2006-11-14 02:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real reason
Free the Slaves or liberate Industry from slave labor laws.
Free the Slaves or open the door to low cost Irish immigrant labor.
Follow the money . The law required exacting treatment of slaves. Sure Hollywood wants us to believe all slaves were chained to a plow and beaten every day. But in reality they required food and shelter and basic health care. It's true that malefactors were severely punished. But the majority worked less hours a day than the average American does today.No lighting meant no night shift.
Irish Immigrants not only worked for less than the cost of housing a slave labor force. Their historic culture of monastic lifestyle made them self managing therefore lowering industries production cost yet another notch.
So Civil War free the Slaves or Free the Millionaire Plutocrats??
Go big Red Go
2006-11-14 03:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exploitation of the South by the Rich and Power-hungry North.
Using tariffs on cotton to hurt the South.
War of Northern Aggression.
(Civil War was not about slavery.)
2006-11-14 02:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, states rights - to have SLAVERY in some states, especially the new western territories that were suitable for growing cotton, a great crop for slaves to harvest. However, once the battles began, for many people in the South, it was simply an issue of defending their homeland from attacking and sometimes marauding Yankees.
2006-11-14 03:05:32 · answer #5 · answered by Muscat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you talking about the American Civil War?
I know it was fought over the South wanting economic freedom from the North.
Slavery was a miniscule factor, and the Emancipation Proclamation was only issued after the North won a major battle, to try and get the British to stop supporting the South
2006-11-14 01:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, the Civil War was largely about states' rights, so you could start there.
2006-11-14 02:00:52 · answer #7 · answered by tangerine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
States rights.
2006-11-14 02:18:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How about what the civil war was all about? Slavery maybe???
2006-11-14 01:55:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was basically about slavery but they try to cover it by saying it was about states rights
2006-11-14 01:55:20 · answer #10 · answered by world's greatest hero 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋