During the Civil War (1861-1865), and even today, Americans are divided on what the reasons were for its causes. Many felt, of course, that it was about slavery but many others disagreed then and still do so today (Libertarians, for example). In those days, almost everyone in the Confederacy believed that the civil war was about states' rights and that the federal government had no business trying to tell the slave owning South how to run its business in anything, including slavery. And that the decision to maintain or abolish slavery was exclusively under the authority of the states.
What do you think the American Civil War was about? Please vote.
You can add your own reason in the poll.