Did slavery cause the Civil War?

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Did slavery cause the Civil War? If not, what then was (were) the main causes of the civil war?
 
lets start off like this; when our founding fathers wrote the constitution for this country they purposely forgot to address the issue of slavery. they didn't want to start the civil war as the union was being made. our fore fathers knew that it was going to be and obstacle and it would come back to haunt us. i think that the civil war was just a large destructive fight about misunderstandings. when the north was industrializing the south was farming. the north passed laws to help industrialization, and the south didn't have too much power. the south wanted an isolationist government and the north wanted to trade with everyone in the world. to finish this because you are not probably going to read any farther. it wasn't just about slavery. the north and the south were against one another in a way, and while the N. was growing the S. shut down. it was all about then not understanding each other.
 
Yes - ultimately it was. Look, ever since the Founding Fathers declared independence in 1776, slavery was an issue. Matter of fact when writing the Constitution, the matter of slavery was a compromise - putting the country together took precedence. Every major issue that presented itself from 1776 to 1860 was for the most part ironed out - except slavery.

Sure in 1860, there were other issues between the North and the South but slavery was the 1,000 pound elephant in the room. The Civil War was American Destiny - it was inevitable from the day America decided to become it's own country.
 
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