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Question

Why did the Southern states secede from the Northern states during the American Civil War?

Answer 1

Of course it was economics, almost all issues are economic in some way. The southern economy was dependent on slavery. The only way the north could harm the south economically was to end slavery. The north had no incentive to harm the south economically, but they did have an incentive to end slavery. Slavery was not universally accepted in the North and the abolitionists were getting stronger every day. The south was afraid that Lincoln and the abolitionists would push to end slavery and they couldn't afford to let that happen. Abe dances around the slavery issue because he was a politician that didn't want to scare the southern voters.

Simply, the south seceded because they wanted to continue owning people. No slavery in the south, no secession, no civil war.

Answer 2

I disagree with both reponses. The issue wasn't slavery, it was economics. Your dealing with America's Industrial Revolution time frame. Look, slave labor helped keep costs low and profits high, the North originally was the center hub for trade to Europe. Goods manufactured in the south were cheaper then what the north could produce. Cotton especially was an up and coming money winner for the south. Socially slavery was accepted in both the North and South. Read the Lincoln-Douglass debates...ol' Abe dances completely around the issue of slavery.

Answer 3

Because the southern states felt that the federal government should not tell them whether they can be "free" or "slave" states, which is what the gvt. had designated them to be. That's why it's commonly referred to as The War Between the States. When the President and Congress replied that it wasn't the state's right to determine which they could be, they seceded.

Answer 4

the unofficial but underlying reason was slavery. the secession was officially over basically the north impinging on the south's rights to do their own thing. this was basically because of slavery. the south needed the slaves so they could keep growing their chief cash crop, cotton. their planting was the basis of their economy, and the north wanting them to stop slavery was a huge sleight to the southerners. it went downhill from there.