Was Slavery the Main Cause of the Civil War? Hannah Harding Between the years of 1861 and 1865 the United States was gripped by the bloodiest war in it’s history, there is much debate as to why this war occurred, it is generally concluded that Slavery was the main cause of the civil war, however, in this essay I will discuss why the deep economic, political and social differences between the southern and northern states, and …showed first 75 words of 1903 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1903 total…the southern states. The sectional hatred between the North and the South, heightened by propaganda, economic and ideological differences were major causes of the war, but at the heart of these issues lay the root of the Civil War: The existence of slavery. This was the central element of the conflict between the North and South. "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free."