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Question by tabbi
Submitted on 4/27/2004
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How did the Civil War start? (what actually happened to start the fighting?)


Answer by domgreco
Submitted on 4/29/2004
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The Civil War Started Because Of The Slavery Issues

 

Answer by bejlo
Submitted on 5/16/2004
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i think thats the civil war starred because every one could not agree on anything. take slavery IT was there because people didi not want to do work so they had slaves.And when we did it brought up a big comotion about how they dont leson and with other states and countries that is how i think the civil war started

 

Answer by dkhab
Submitted on 5/25/2004
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I think it started becaues the idustrial advancment

 

Answer by poop
Submitted on 6/1/2004
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i love cats

 

Answer by owlex
Submitted on 6/1/2004
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I believe the civil war began like this... The north and the south are fighting under president Lincoln. The south wants slaves and thinks they can survive on cotton crop and even actually has their own president, Davis, so they want to break off from the rest of the United States and become their own. So the battle begins to get them back and obeying the law. Lincoln calls it a war on the rebels who rebel against the flag. The famous generals involved are McCellan, for north, and Robert E. Lee, for south. Two famous battles are Antietam and Gettysburg. Im pretty sure this is correct.

 

Answer by ME
Submitted on 6/4/2004
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i think that the civil war started because of slavery and the south wanted it but the north didnt so they started the civil war!!!

 

Answer by wee-wee
Submitted on 6/6/2004
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my wee wee is big

 

Answer by bRiNk_1114
Submitted on 6/8/2004
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I think the Civil War started because of the slavery issue.  It was a very stupid reason to start a war over.  I'm mean yeah maybe slavery was wrong, but maybe instead or fighting they should have compromised.  but the Civil War could have also started because of the industrial head start that the North had and the south didn't.  Another stupid reason to fight, oh well you can't change history.  

 

Answer by sparkie
Submitted on 6/8/2004
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I think the civil war started because of seven

 

Answer by DixieRebel
Submitted on 6/19/2004
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as a historian I would like to point out that the war was not over slavery, General Grant himself stated that "If I was ever convinced that this war was over slavery, I would give up my sword and lend it to the other side", Thus even Unionists did not think highly of African Americans The war was started because of the South Carolinians firing on fort Sumpter. The confederate army had EVERY right to do this, mainly because Fort Sumpter was in South Carolina the union was wrong to occupy what was then Southern territory. The main reason the Southern states broke out of the Union was because all the Southern money was going to the Yankees up North.  In Short the Union may not be the good side after all, Hurrah for the Rebel flag!

 

Answer by history buff
Submitted on 7/4/2004
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The war started over comercial trade benifits.Confederate money was worth less on exchange in the north, & visa-versa. Large enterprises couldn't come upon a fair trade agreement as to the exchange rate for their currency. Most enterprises wouldn't even trade at all outside their own territory. But, as for the slavery issue, both the north,& the south continued to own slaves until the emancipation proclamation was declared by president Lincoln well after the start of the civil war. The real issue, like most things in this world, was money, & control.

 

Answer by BaBy_gUrL_05
Submitted on 7/6/2004
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I think the civil war started because of slavery.The North and south fought over slavery because the were lazy and didn't want o do any thing. So when president Lincoln wanted to free the slaves the north and south got angry and wanted to fight over slavery so thats why i think the civil war started.

 

Answer by SmartyGurl04
Submitted on 7/6/2004
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i think that the civil war started because of mostly slavery.But slavery was only in the south. The north wasn't really wanting to stop slavery they wanted it to not spread to the north. Slavery was how the south survived. so the north wanted to end slavery BECAUSE they didn't want the freed slaves to come to the north and take all there jobs and wealth.  

 

Answer by JAMESDARLACK
Submitted on 7/8/2004
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I WASN'T THERE , BUT KNOW THAT THE UNION HAD
SLAVE STATES. ALSO , UNION GENERALS TRAVELED
WITH THIER OWN SLAVES, YES , UNION ( NORTH ).
SLAVERY WAS USED TO EMBARRASS THE FRENCH, BY THE NORTH OVER 2 YEARS INTO THE WAR WHICH
WERE HELPING THE SOUTH WIN THE WAR .

 

Answer by History
Submitted on 7/11/2004
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You all need to go back to school

http://elephantrants.blogs.com/elephant_rants/2004/02/

 

Answer by Jazza
Submitted on 7/12/2004
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Ok. Here we go.

Why did the civil war start? Because the American constitution was unclear. It supported the rights of states and safeguarded these but did not detail if a state could secede. The South, culturally, economically and in some cases even ethnically different to the North, saw an implied right to secede. This is what historians refer to as 'secessionitis'.

Slavery is a tiny element. It is important because it was one of the many factors that differentiated the Union from the Confederacy. It is important because Lincoln barely clung on to power in the election of 1864 against the Democratic candidate, who was in favour of an armistice with the Confederates. It was because of this that Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation in order to rally support, not only among the Afro-Americans in the North, but in each Confederate territory that they subsequently conquered.

The Missouri compromise, as far as a history of slavery is concerned is quite important, but as far the US Civil War is concerned, it is not.

My advice to the majority of you, who I assume to be Americans, is to read a modern history or two of the US Civil War, not rely on what you were taught in a school and certainly not to rely on what you overhear.

 

Answer by WEEZER
Submitted on 7/13/2004
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It's a shame that history can't be told
as it happened . It all depends on your  
schools and thier books . College depends
on your professors and thier ideas which
mold a young mind . If a farmer paid $20,000 for a  
tractor , why would he beat
it and let it rust or not change the oil ?
Same goes for (slave) owners . Why take their investments  and destroy them ? Nobody was at the time worried about  slavery in the North or South . Slaves were sold by African tribes to European traders .Blame the Brother .    

 

Answer by Moni_fa sho
Submitted on 8/16/2004
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First of all for all of you who thought y'all knew it all y'all are wrong the real answer is the south didn't want to free the slaves so the the civil war began.THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!Loving cats and wee wees are not why the war started OK you immature little....

 

Answer by pennywise
Submitted on 9/9/2004
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KoRn rocks my socks. weewoo

 

Answer by GLAAD
Submitted on 9/9/2004
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BECAUSE OF GAY RIGHTS!!!

 

Answer by stepahnie?
Submitted on 9/12/2004
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what is the time following the war called?

 

Answer by mousey
Submitted on 9/15/2004
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is your wee wee really big?

 

Answer by gray1860
Submitted on 9/20/2004
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Ok the Civil War was not started over slavery ,I agree that it started over cultural differances but the main reason I believe was that the industrial north was wanting to expand into the agricultrial south.This would have caused many southerners who depended on this way of life to lose their land that they had worked or inherited from their forefathers to the northern factories.I believe that a small part after the war had started was slavery,but it was not the main reason for it being fought.It was simply independance from the union.The flag issue as one said,had better take another look,that is the biggest joke I have seen.The original confederate flag was adopted after secession,the stars and bars was after war bagan and originated from the battle flag that southern soldiers carried into battle.

 

Answer by *northern*chick*
Submitted on 9/23/2004
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it started because the south pulled away from the north and tried to become a different country. in fact, the south even had its own president.
the north fought back though because south was told that it had to stay with the north. during this time they also fought on the issue of slavery and in the end all slaves were freed.

why in the beginning did the south want to be a different country? working on that..

 

Answer by Soua Lor
Submitted on 9/27/2004
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The civil war happened becuase of misunderstanding. People were treating each other like animals, and wasn't listening at what others had to say.

 

Answer by Amanda
Submitted on 10/3/2004
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The civil War started with the main thing SLAVERY. But also because of economics. The south wanted to break away from everyone else to start there own ways. So with all of this happening it started an uprise with the people. The south wanted to start putting slaves into the new states like California and Texas. But the north didn't so that is another reason. Like the one other person that answered this question said why did we not try to compromise well they did and they just didn't listen. when your mom tells you not to do something are you not going to do it or at least think about it. Also if we had not had people stand up and say this is not right to treat these people like humans would there still be slavery to day?? It makes you think. In ways i am glad that we had war but in many i am not. It gave slaves the rights that they deserved and also it killed allot of men. so its just how you look at it.

 

Answer by Markendra Fosetr
Submitted on 10/6/2004
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The civilwar sarted because of slavery. The man never wanted the americans to get loose and do things. They hated them because they were just a little more smarter.

 

Answer by do da
Submitted on 10/7/2004
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I believe the civil war started do to the fact that the north had factorys to do their labor for them, yet the south had to pick their cotton on their own. Back then in order to make money you had to either have few hands or have people to work for free. well no one volunteered back then so they decided to use slaves. The South also felt underappriciated because the North felt that without their factorys the souths cotton would never be anything more then just, cotton.

 

Answer by playboy's best
Submitted on 10/11/2004
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ask someone else

 

Answer by corty
Submitted on 10/17/2004
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the fighting started becouse the south seceded from the union, if they hadent done that there would of been no war. slavery had just about nothing to do with it, as lincoln had never stated he was going to abolish slavery

 

Answer by lil one
Submitted on 10/18/2004
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because it did they felt like it

 

Answer by duckie diehl
Submitted on 10/19/2004
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I think the American Civil War started because(mainly the South)of the different and deeply rooted ideologies that each group had which conflicted with the development of the United States and thus the onset of war. Slavery and later emancipation(1863) were driving forces and incentives for each group to go to war.

 

Answer by BOO
Submitted on 10/20/2004
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JOHN KERRY STINKS

 

Answer by BOO
Submitted on 10/20/2004
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JOHN KERRY STINKS

 

Answer by heena
Submitted on 10/22/2004
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Actually the slave trade started because the white people thought the black people were horrid so they made the slave trade!!!!

Ok!!!!

 

Answer by Kyrsten
Submitted on 10/26/2004
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I thik they are all good, very creative i would live them a 10

 

Answer by adolfo
Submitted on 11/3/2004
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nigers

 

Answer by bodouble
Submitted on 11/15/2004
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i truly dont know but hillsborough number one. and i have to send a shot out to my baby erika dejesus

 

Answer by minidude
Submitted on 11/18/2004
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i hav no idea how it started but i blame Charles 1 coz...i hav no idea...i jst blame him coz i don't no the answer. Sorry guys!!

 

Answer by me
Submitted on 11/19/2004
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i think it started

 

Answer by big dogg
Submitted on 11/22/2004
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i don't know

 

Answer by Duh
Submitted on 11/27/2004
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The Civil War was started because of the attack on fort Sumter and also because the South wanted to separate from the states. President Lincoln didn't want the Union to fall apart and insisted that the secession was unconstitutional, so he enforced the Constitution. Then after the fall of fort Sumter,  everyone chose sides according to whether or not they wanted secession. so basically, the confederacy fought to get freedom from the union and the Union fought to preserve the states. The war was never intended on fighting over slavery, but later on the union figured that if they were fighting against slave holders, why not fight for the freedom of slaves.

 

Answer by Slash
Submitted on 12/1/2004
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Answer by timith
Submitted on 12/7/2004
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tabbi give me head

 

Answer by Freddy
Submitted on 12/8/2004
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It started with the attack of Fort Sumter.  It also started when Abraham Lincoln was elected.  Well, I like dogs.  And I don't have a wee wee.

 

Answer by civilwarrior
Submitted on 12/8/2004
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Jazza is right; and If the north would have one the war a year earlier they probably would have kept slavery in the south.

 

Answer by kummar 02
Submitted on 12/9/2004
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i think the civil war started because the north wanted to have more slaves and the south wanted slaves to be free.

 

Answer by BABY LOVE
Submitted on 12/10/2004
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After the Revolutionary War, America got more land and states. In many states, people owned slaves. Slaves are people that other people buy and sell. The states in the South had many slaves. The states in the North did not like this. The Northern states did not want the Southern states to have slaves. They wanted the slaves to be free. The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves. They did not want to be part of the Union. We call the United States the Union. The Southern states wanted their own country. They called it the Confederacy. In 1861, a war started between the Northern and Southern states. this was the Civil War. The Northern army was called the Union army. The Southern army was the Confederate army. The President of the United States during the Civil war was Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln signed a paper to make the slaves free. This document is called the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1865, the Northern army won the war. The Southern states came back to the Union. President Lincoln saved the Union. Easier - In the United States, the Civil War was between the Confederacy, or southern states, and the Union, or northern states. The U.S. Civil War, also called the War between the States, lasted from 1861 to 1865.
  
Harder - The U. S. Civil War is also known as the War Between the States and the War of Secession. It began April 12, 1861, when Southern troops opened fire on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military post in Charleston, S.C. More Americans were killed in the Civil War than any other war in history. The war divided the people of the United States; in some families brother fought against brother. The war ended four years later on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered

 

Answer by liz bug
Submitted on 12/13/2004
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What are the five easons why the Civil War started

 

Answer by Heartbreker
Submitted on 12/14/2004
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I believe the U.S. Civil War started because of slavery issues that Abraham Lincoln did not agree with.

 

Answer by A person
Submitted on 12/16/2004
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I think that the civil war started because of the differences of the North and South over both slavery and trade issues.

 

Answer by some jerk
Submitted on 1/5/2005
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I'mdoing a history project on the American civil war. what would be a good topic to talk about?

 

Answer by lilnicholee
Submitted on 1/5/2005
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the civil war started because of mostly slavery. slavery was only in the south. The north wasn't really wanting to stop slavery they wanted it to not spread to the north. Slavery was how the south survived. so the north wanted to end slavery BECAUSE they didn't want the freed slaves to come to the north and take all there jobs and wealth.  

 

Answer by higorio
Submitted on 1/5/2005
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I think the civil started because south and north did not agree in anything and it was not because of slavery because president lincon said it him self, "if i could save the union freing all the slaves i would, ifi could save the union with out freeing the slaves i could saving the union by freeing some and leave others i would" so it wasnt really because of slavery it was because south thought they had the right to break up from an unfair goverment.
    JESUS LOVES U

 

Answer by poopoo
Submitted on 1/7/2005
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i think the civil war started because ppl had to go poopoo to much an the started to fight over who was going to eat it

 

Answer by sloslo
Submitted on 1/8/2005
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Answer by history hog
Submitted on 1/9/2005
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ok...
slavery was not the reason the civil bagan it was because south carolinians were attacking fort sumpter and it was also started from trade benefits

 

Answer by mickey
Submitted on 1/11/2005
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mickey like poop in his pants

 

Answer by Sung kim(*monkey king)
Submitted on 1/11/2005
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I think it started because the South wanted more land from the North,and the North Refused so the war began

 

Answer by krista
Submitted on 1/18/2005
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i think that the civil war started because as my teacher points out the south simply said if presdent lincon won they were sedding from the uniion so when presdent lincoln won they did as they said they were. after about a week or so presedent lincon was decding if it was constutional or unconsitution. about 2 weeks went by when he realized that the south seeding from the union was unconsutional so he placed some of his troops in a fort near a river.the reason it was ruled unconstitonal was because they could not be on american land and not be apart of the united. but anyways. then he said he was not to be supplying his troops with ammno cause he did not want a war unless the south started it frist and they did then in the middle of the war it was about slavery.

 

Answer by kraker
Submitted on 1/18/2005
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da slavery

 

Answer by nancyHelwig
Submitted on 1/18/2005
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slaves,money.power

 

Answer by cream
Submitted on 1/18/2005
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The civil war started becasuse of the shooting at Fort Somter, when the North came under attack by the South. lincoln'smen ship from the NORTH CAME UNDER Attack from the south when they tried to take over the southern forts...

 

Answer by Elizabeth
Submitted on 1/18/2005
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It's amazing to come up with all the different reasons why America had a Civil War. In fact, I don't believe that the Civil War has ended. The ways we deal with our problems have changed a bit, but our feelings towards each other sure haven't. You go to a Northern School and learn about the Civil War...it wouldn't be the same lessen you would be taught in the South. However the Civil War started it started. Lot's of blood was shed, and I doubt that half of the men whose blood was lost even knew the real answer to why they were fighting. Just like now, all them over in Iraq I doubt really know what they are TRULY fighting for. I guess it is just all a matter of opinion why you fight for what you fight.

 

Answer by homy jizm
Submitted on 1/25/2005
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the answer is Q. Q is the answer to everything. why you ask? well...BECAUSE I SAID SO!!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by homy jizm
Submitted on 1/25/2005
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the answer is Q. Q is the answer to everything. why you ask? well...BECAUSE I SAID SO!!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by homy jizm
Submitted on 1/25/2005
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duh

 

Answer by safgh5rdhf
Submitted on 1/25/2005
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where is the toilet paper

 

Answer by typhoon
Submitted on 1/26/2005
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Did the civil war change anything?

 

Answer by jimbob
Submitted on 1/29/2005
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I wasnt there so i dont know and neither do any of you so stop guessing and go buy the facts

 

Answer by lalala
Submitted on 2/6/2005
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omg! i don't really care!

 

Answer by rejoyce
Submitted on 2/6/2005
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I think the civil war starts when the leaders wants to own and rule more than one states that they want to live in, by competing other soldiers. And other countries.

 

Answer by licka my balls
Submitted on 2/7/2005
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you are all dumb and read a book once and a while......idiot's!!!

 

Answer by licka my balls
Submitted on 2/7/2005
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you are all dumb and read a book once and a while......idiot's!!!

 

Answer by DUDE
Submitted on 2/8/2005
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i thing it started becasue there were gay

 

Answer by i
Submitted on 2/9/2005
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i think the civil war started because the south wanted slaveys to help with there farming and the north though that the slaveys should be free and do what they want with there live.

 

Answer by da pimp
Submitted on 2/11/2005
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the civil war sucked

 

Answer by da pimp
Submitted on 2/14/2005
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The Civil War sucked.

 

Answer by Mitra
Submitted on 2/14/2005
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The Civil War started beacause of slavery and they wanted it tto stop.

 

Answer by DeeDee
Submitted on 2/16/2005
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Its Hot!!

 

Answer by anonomous
Submitted on 2/22/2005
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you guys are all dumb, It began by the state of south carolina seceeding from the union. Then other states formed in and made the COnfederacy. duh???

 

Answer by no body
Submitted on 2/22/2005
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no ur dumb

 

Answer by shorty
Submitted on 2/22/2005
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YOU GUYS ARE ALL WRONG

IM ALWAYS RIGHT

BOOYA!!!!!!

 

Answer by SuperLotus
Submitted on 2/23/2005
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The civil war started because of Abraham Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that all slaves where to have there freedom. The souths economy depeneded on slaves so they started a rebellion. So the civil war breaks out and it dosnt end untill the south surrenders.

 

Answer by TJ MAx
Submitted on 2/24/2005
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poopie

 

Answer by girl
Submitted on 2/24/2005
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I HAVE A VIGIANA ISN'T THAT SWSOME!!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by **LUCe**
Submitted on 2/28/2005
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I'm doing an assigment on the Civil War and I can't even work out who it was between because all the information is so messed up and confusing. Can someone please make their answer a bit clearer - like it was meant for a REAL beginner who knew nothing at all? That would be really handy for people like me. I don't know how the hell I'm gonna do this assigment. Cya!

 

Answer by Anna Banana
Submitted on 2/28/2005
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The reason the civil war started was because the people in the south where owning slaves and the north was against it so they tried to make it stop. But the people in the south needed slaves for their cotton crop because that was their big money maker$$$$$$$$$$$$. And I quote from Abraham Lincoln "We would do the same in their situation." in other words the people in the south grew up in. So it happened because of slavery.Duhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!Kids go back to school!!!!

 

Answer by loulou
Submitted on 3/3/2005
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wow im cool wow

 

Answer by lazyer
Submitted on 3/5/2005
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the civil war started because all of the slaves.The people in the South were having slaves and some people wanted it and so did not

 

Answer by wabadabashaba
Submitted on 3/8/2005
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my wee wee is bigger

 

Answer by madpenguin87
Submitted on 3/9/2005
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I LOVE BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG FROM GREEN DAY AND I LOVE GREEN DAY
THIS IS THE SAME PERSON AS BILLIEJOE
THANK YOU

 

Answer by shaunna
Submitted on 3/9/2005
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ya'llsuck

 

Answer by Cady
Submitted on 3/10/2005
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This is how the Civil War began. In 1861 the United States was split apart. Seven Southern states had seceded were about to join together in battle against the Union. The Confederate States of America(South Carolina)wanted to take down the U.S. flag at Fort Sumter put their flag up. That's how the Civil War began!

 

Answer by Cady
Submitted on 3/10/2005
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This is how the Civil War began. In 1861 the United States was split apart. Seven Southern states had seceded were about to join together in battle against the Union. The Confederate States of America(South Carolina)wanted to take down the U.S. flag at Fort Sumter put their flag up. That's how the Civil War began!

 

Answer by cook car
Submitted on 3/12/2005
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because my cok was 2 big ! o welle

 

Answer by ash
Submitted on 3/14/2005
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The civil war happened because the South and the North didn't get along because Abe Lincoln didn't think that slavery was right but Jefferson Davis thought it was good so they got into a big fight so that is how  the Civil War happened.

 

Answer by Pheonix
Submitted on 3/21/2005
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I think it started because of slavery

 

Answer by Pheonix
Submitted on 3/21/2005
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I think it started because one dude shot another dude so there were friends and they killed him and then everyone started fighting I
didn't see it but if it was an action movie it would be awesome

 

Answer by Pheonix
Submitted on 3/21/2005
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my poop tastes good

 

Answer by Pheonix
Submitted on 3/21/2005
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me I started the civil war I took an eternal life potion so I'm still living today except now I'm in the form of a kid and I shot all the   presidents that have ben murdered and I'll do it again but I'm going to start with my weener MUH-HUH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

 

Answer by babai re
Submitted on 3/21/2005
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Answer by babai re
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i don't know look it up OK it may come in handy email me fallen_angel0809@yahoo.com

 

Answer by :<
Submitted on 3/21/2005
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what is the union

 

Answer by NASTMAN
Submitted on 3/27/2005
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THEY DIDN'T LIKE ANIMALS


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Answer by whattheprobman09
Submitted on 3/27/2005
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Its all nothing but a conspiracy. The north planned it all. the south was paid to lose. Its the system. Its curupt. OUR LIVES ARE PLANNED BEFORE WE ARE BORN!!!!!!

 

Answer by Hizzle and Jizzle
Submitted on 3/30/2005
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Haley loves Mike

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Answer by chingon
Submitted on 3/30/2005
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i think all of u are gay

 

Answer by mex-man
Submitted on 3/31/2005
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i think the civil war started because of slavery.  The south wanted to keep its slaves because if the slaves were free the whole souths economy would collapse.

 

Answer by Me
Submitted on 3/31/2005
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Answer by drk
Submitted on 4/3/2005
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The Civil war was started over power, When Abraham Lincoln was elected President the south decided to secede because they did not want to give up there slaves, for every slave state a free state should be entered, that is the Missouri compromise, but wen things started to get out of hand, Abraham Lincoln decided to try and stop most all slavery, yes he has slaves but he did NOT treat them badly as most in the south did. Even after the slaves were free some of them still wanted to work for him... so yes i believe the civil was was started over power, because if the North had more House votes then the south, slavery and other things may have been outlawed

 

Answer by penis enlarger
Submitted on 4/4/2005
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Answer by Joelmadden lover
Submitted on 4/4/2005
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Why was the north against slavery?

 

Answer by holocaust
Submitted on 4/5/2005
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i like huge bang bangs like the ones my dad has

 

Answer by Stargirl
Submitted on 4/6/2005
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I'm working on a project with that too. When the Westward Expantion started, the settlers needed slaves to work the good fertile soil in Oregon and California. The original thirteen colonies were living fine with trading, but the western peoples couldn't . There just weren't enough people on farms to grow cotton and other crops.

 

Answer by Stargirl
Submitted on 4/6/2005
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I'm working on a project with that too. When the Westward Expantion started, the settlers needed slaves to work the good fertile soil in Oregon and California. THe original thirteen colonies were living fine with trading, but the western peoples couldn't . There just weren't enough people on farms to grow cotton and other crops.

 

Answer by shoty
Submitted on 4/6/2005
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Answer by oooooooo
Submitted on 4/10/2005
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they are all wrong it was started because of the south leaving

 

Answer by danielle
Submitted on 4/11/2005
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because the union wasn't staying together

 

Answer by Sandy
Submitted on 4/11/2005
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well, the civil war was not really stated on the issue of slavery, but because of Abe Lincoln's election. you see, the south didn't like Lincoln because of his views,and they also didn't like the central government being so strong, so they started 2 secede after Lincoln's election.  then the south attacked fort Sumnter, and the main goal of the war for the north then was to keep the Union together, while the south's goal was to break away from the union. it wasn't till about 2 years later that the main goal for the north was to get rid of slavery.

 

Answer by me
Submitted on 4/12/2005
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b/c your gay

 

Answer by Brittany
Submitted on 4/13/2005
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I beleive the civil war began because the election of Linclon. The south new he wasnt for slavery and didnt like the fact that he was their president, the nothe agreed with licoln. Slavery was very inportant in the south because with out slave the rich people would actully have to do work to get their money. But the noth and Lincoln new slaves were people just like whites and he tried freeing the slaves, in his address after the war at gettysburg he said, " Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are creathed equal." Meaning slaves are people to and the hole reason we startes this nation was to be free so why cant Native Americas be free to.

 

Answer by nessa
Submitted on 4/14/2005
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the north and the south didnt get along because they couldnt agree with certain issues. the south wanted the north to stay the h*ll out of their business, so they planned to fight them.

 

Answer by sCiEnCe wHiZ
Submitted on 4/14/2005
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Slavery was the main reason as your school most likely says. But i think it was for power and money.because you have to admit, it is human to act like that.

 

Answer by Bob
Submitted on 4/17/2005
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The civil war started because tension was rising between the North and South, primarily over slavery, but also because the Southern states were planning on secceedind...
I THINK!

 

Answer by skittles
Submitted on 4/18/2005
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cuz people b dumb

 

Answer by egg girl
Submitted on 4/18/2005
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I like eggs!

 

Answer by wingerdinger
Submitted on 4/19/2005
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my wing wing is bigger than urs

 

Answer by Roach
Submitted on 4/19/2005
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I  think  the  war  started  because  of  slavery  , You  cant  say  it  only  had  slavery  in  the  South  because  it  also  had  in  the  north  

 

Answer by Atomic_Jellybean
Submitted on 4/21/2005
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We are learning about the civil war

 

Answer by WEEZER editor
Submitted on 4/21/2005
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Weezer you nincompoop you spelled their wrong!

 

Answer by sex
Submitted on 4/22/2005
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my favorite thing is oral sex with hoarses or ducks

 

Answer by dumbo
Submitted on 4/24/2005
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Answer by korn
Submitted on 4/24/2005
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you guys need a life

 

Answer by person
Submitted on 4/24/2005
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because the south rocks and the north got jelous and thats how the civil war started.

 

Answer by Monkey
Submitted on 4/26/2005
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I think that Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's cabin started the Civil War because the book made people think about slavery. IF the book was never written, then people wouldn't see the big deal about slavery.
" There is more done with pens than swords."

 

Answer by Shelby Jones
Submitted on 4/26/2005
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I think that Natalie English is so gay and a total jerk she thinks im her friend but im not I LOVE RYAN JOHSTON

 

Answer by allyoop
Submitted on 4/26/2005
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DixieRebel is right. The Civil War started because the Confederates, or Rebs, under the command of P.G.T. Beauregard, surrounded the harbor of Fort Sumter with cannons. Lincoln sent supplies to the soldiers by way of ship, and the Southerners viewed this as an act of war. They bombarded the fort on April 12, 1861.

 

Answer by tana
Submitted on 4/26/2005
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I think the Civil War started by when the south said they wanted slaves and brought that up to the north and then the north got a little ticked off so they were like OK lets sign a treaty and fight over it.

 

Answer by crazy blazed 420
Submitted on 4/27/2005
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The civil war began because of the two opposite views of the northern and southern societies in the U.S. during the antebellum period.  The views were based on the diversity among the people themselves, their economies, political views, westward expansion and slavery.... period end of quotes!!

 

Answer by The Beaner
Submitted on 4/28/2005
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I think  that the civil war started because a mexican was eating a taco and someone stole it from him. vato loco

 

Answer by soupieeee
Submitted on 4/28/2005
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every one is wrong except for "Jazza" and "DixieRebel"(except Dixie Rebel's answer is too opinionated so it makes it hard to understand and partially inaccurate) the civil war was not started over slavery. The north wanted to unite the nation while the south wanted to become their own independent country (CSA). get it right.

 

Answer by MICHAEL GERTS
Submitted on 4/30/2005
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Answer by Rebel lover
Submitted on 4/30/2005
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to keep the union together, cause of taxes(tariffs) and the other was cause of slavery.....thats exactly why it started.
O i have sometin to say slavery was probably the most stupidest reason of fighting....southerners back in the day not including me were so lazy to work so they had to have blacks as salves. and another why should it matter to north that there's slaves. last thing i have to say is.....i think the civil war aka bloodiest war was the stupidest, dernest,lamest, retarded nest, waste of time war....even though i wasn't in it it sho darn ticks me off.....i mean come on more than 600,000 soldiers died, and the stupid war caused billions of dollars of damage, most where i live in the south.....the war created bitter feelings among defeated Southerners that lasted for generations...the norths victory saved the union. The federal government was strengthened and was now clearly more powerful than the states.  O the good thing is that the stupid war freed millions of Negro's. confederates rule...go rebels!!!

 

Answer by perfect
Submitted on 5/1/2005
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Answer by MaryLou Drobish
Submitted on 5/1/2005
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The Civil War started because of slavery between North and the South. the north didnt want slavery but the south did so as being stupid they decided to start a war instead of discussing things as mature people do.Thats why the civil war started.
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Answer by brit brat
Submitted on 5/2/2005
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BOYS ARE GAY!!!

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Answer by Kry
Submitted on 5/2/2005
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My wee wee fell off

 

Answer by Britt
Submitted on 5/2/2005
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Boyz suck

 

Answer by humza
Submitted on 5/2/2005
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im gonna bomb your freggin country.

 

Answer by WHAT SO EVER
Submitted on 5/2/2005
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YOU ARE A GRASS NOB !!!

 

Answer by hi
Submitted on 5/3/2005
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Answer by hi
Submitted on 5/3/2005
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Answer by Im smart
Submitted on 5/4/2005
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98% of 100 people would say the Civil war was started because of slavery, but it wasn't. It was started because of state rights. The south thought that they could nuffily, or cancel, a fedral law that was unconstutional. The(andrew jackson) thought that all the states should follow fedral laws. Slavery was a part of stats rights.

 

Answer by Ansiha
Submitted on 5/4/2005
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the civil war happend because the north(union) and south(confederate) were having issues dealing with the slaves. the south wanted em and the North wanted them free. the south thought they could survive on cotton crops. the how the civil war all started.(and if y'all ain't understand that, then u dumb and you need to get yo butt back in school and pay attention)

 

Answer by Kim Cub
Submitted on 5/4/2005
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The war started because the north was forcing the south to buy there goods. Also because of slavery and lastly because of the attack on Fort Sumter

 

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Submitted on 5/4/2005
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Answer by qwiy
Submitted on 5/5/2005
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how did the civil war start

 

Answer by right
Submitted on 5/9/2005
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1.   The areas of the United States had different economies
2.   new territories were being settled
3.   slavery
4.   taxes paid on goods brought into this country from foreign countries
5.   Southern states lost political power because the population did not increase
6.   state rights
7.   Abraham Lincoln be came president
8.   industrial advancement

 

Answer by antonio101
Submitted on 5/10/2005
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i like black people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by amric
Submitted on 5/10/2005
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heehaw i have no idea

 

Answer by con_tagious kid jr
Submitted on 5/10/2005
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I think civil war started by people wanting become to  king

 

Answer by miko
Submitted on 5/11/2005
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i like eggs

 

Answer by Ngagin
Submitted on 5/11/2005
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they fought after south seceded after Lincoln's election winning, and when south attacked Fort Sumter a US military base.

 

Answer by Who Cares?
Submitted on 5/11/2005
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HAVE NO CLUE I'M JUST LOOKIN'INFOR ANSWERS! lol

 

Answer by bonka
Submitted on 5/12/2005
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i think the civil war was started over racism and the meaning of the reble flag but it was not started beacuse of slavery

 

Answer by TuMbLeR 28 aMf!
Submitted on 5/12/2005
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idk...we're learning this in Language Arts! how gay? 8th grade is gay! ahh well ..i dont know how the civil war started? who freaking cares?! lol...byebye!

 

Answer by Sydnie
Submitted on 5/13/2005
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Most people believe the Civil War took place because of slavery, others believe it happened because of money and power. Industrialist in the north wanted to keep  the southerners on the farms and did not want them to branch out and gain any more power. The south was competing against textile, steel, and banking, which the north had.

 

Answer by Mockingbird
Submitted on 5/15/2005
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The War started over the north and the south fighting!!!

 

Answer by Brooke
Submitted on 5/15/2005
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It started from the slaves because north was against slaves but south was for slaves.

 

Answer by history_grrl1234
Submitted on 5/16/2005
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there is only one word to explain the start of the Civil War. That word is............ SECTIONALISM!!!!

 

Answer by jhon
Submitted on 5/16/2005
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the civil war started alot like this a giant chicken started laying eggs in abrahams face.
the slaves started laughin their heads off and abe shot them.then jessus came and showed them  the way of being strait abe of course dindnt like it becouse secretly he was gay.

 

Answer by pee-pee poo-poo
Submitted on 5/16/2005
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I ate my poop and pee for dinner for ten days

 

Answer by Chip
Submitted on 5/16/2005
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Well I think It started because of the south Carolinians fireing on Fort Sumpter.

 

Answer by lil xto da z
Submitted on 5/17/2005
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the civil war started by everyone growing up and having sex

 

Answer by chick
Submitted on 5/17/2005
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I don't know about this war being about slavery. This war was definitely WASN'T ABOUT SLAVERY. Look for an Answer by Jazza...she said it all

 

Answer by chava
Submitted on 5/20/2005
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where did the battle happen
where children allowed in the civil war
how long did the civil war take

 

Answer by Ronenriku
Submitted on 5/21/2005
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"I'm mean yeah maybe slavery was wrong, but maybe instead or fighting they should have compromised."

Idiot, they did compromise several times.  It DIDN'T work...  

"Same goes for (slave) owners . Why take their investments  and destroy them ? Nobody was at the time worried about  slavery in the North or South"

Umm.... Slaves arent tractors...

"UNION GENERALS TRAVELED
WITH THIER OWN SLAVES, YES , UNION ( NORTH )."

Uniun didn't have slaves.


 

Answer by .....WFInc....lilMonką
Submitted on 5/22/2005
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U ARE ALL A BASTARD....WRONG ANSWER PPL...

 

Answer by naya
Submitted on 5/23/2005
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I believe the civil war began like this... The north and the south are fighting under president Lincoln. The south wants slaves and thinks they can survive on cotton crop and even actually has their own president, Davis, so they want to break off from the rest of the United States and become their own. So the battle begins to get them back and obeying the law. Lincoln calls it a war on the rebels who rebel against the flag. The famous generals involved are McCellan, for north, and Robert E. Lee, for south. Two famous battles are Antietam and Gettysburg. Im pretty sure this is correct.

 

Answer by Bree
Submitted on 5/23/2005
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ITS BECAUSE THE SOUTH WANTED SLAVES AND THE NORTH DIDN'T WANT SLAVES AND ITS NOT BECAUSE OF MONEY BENEFITS OR TRADING BENEFITS
HERE IS A LITTLE SCHOOL PEOPLE GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND LISTEN TO THE TEACHERS AND YOU WILL KNOW WHY THERE WAS A CIVIL WAR

 

Answer by little mizz cheeky
Submitted on 5/23/2005
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i weren't alive then so how am i supposed to know

 

Answer by 01252
Submitted on 5/24/2005
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Answer by JB
Submitted on 5/24/2005
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It started because of slavery.

 

Answer by scadam505
Submitted on 5/25/2005
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Answer by OPS!
Submitted on 5/25/2005
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I DON'T KNOW!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by I am not telling ! lol
Submitted on 5/25/2005
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I think the civil war started because of slaves because they had to have slaves didn't they! The civil wouldn't even start if we didn't have slavery!!!! Also i think America should have all of get along because we all live in the same country!!!! Well thats my answer  

 

Answer by Chip
Submitted on 5/25/2005
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i agree with smart historian guy #1 the history buff

 

Answer by reliable
Submitted on 5/25/2005
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The Civil war started because south carolina succeded.  After SC did this, so did alabama, flordia, georgia, louisianna, mississippi, and texas.  These states formed their own country called the Confederate states of america.  Jefferson Davis, the president of the confederacy had already begain to order the conferate forces to begin seizing federal forts in the south.  fort sumter was important to the confederacy because it guarded Charelston Harbor.  The south did not want to leave this important place in the hands of the north so they demanded them to surrender. He did not until april 13, when they had run out of ammunition because the Confederate troops open fired. This was the beginning of the war.

 

Answer by iHatEchIckEnS
Submitted on 5/26/2005
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all chickens are gay they should all die


       :off with their heads:

 

Answer by blogster
Submitted on 5/29/2005
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The civil war did not start because of slavery. infact most of the union troops did not like slaves themselfs. this is why they had to assign an all black regiment. (The 54th Massachusets.)It sarted because of the firing on Fort Sumpter.

 

Answer by joker
Submitted on 5/30/2005
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its common sense but for the idiots out there first of all it started april 12, 1861 - at 4:30 a.m..CONFEDERATES UNDER GENERAL PIERRE BEAUREGARD OPENED FIRE WITH 50 CANNONS UPON FORT SUMTER! THATS THE REASON THE ONE OF THE GREATEST WARS IN THE WORLD STARTED

 

Answer by C.H.
Submitted on 5/31/2005
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I Think Slavery Was A Small Part of it.Mostlty It Started Because Of Presidental Issues.

 

Answer by Suzy Q
Submitted on 6/2/2005
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I think the civil war started because of slavery and other reasons.  If you don't know this you need to go back to school!

 

Answer by YO YO CAT
Submitted on 6/2/2005
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I THIMK THE CIVIL WAR STATED BY HAVING A HOT DOG EATING CONTES AND THEN SOMEBODY WON AND THEN THEY ALL GOT MAD STARTED SHOOTING ALL THE TIME.

 

Answer by uuuhh duh I like poop
Submitted on 6/2/2005
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I CAN SEE YOUR PENIS!!!!!!!!!!..n Im not complainin ;) ohhh yeah..I wanna get in your PANTS! heh.heh.
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Answer by stanley k. lott
Submitted on 6/3/2005
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The War Between the States was fought over the reasons of states rights and unfair tariffs(taxes).

 

Answer by hhfhhff
Submitted on 6/4/2005
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can someone give me a right answer?? i got a freakin project to do on this freakin war..!!1 i don't get why do we have to learn about the past?/ we should learn about the future??? who cares about the freakin past.!!!!holla at ur gurl..!!

 

Answer by KITKAT
Submitted on 6/7/2005
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No the civil war was NOT i repeat NOT started over slavery!One main reason was State rights

 

Answer by bunnhole
Submitted on 6/8/2005
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they went in the field and all got blown up

 

Answer by civilwar person!
Submitted on 6/8/2005
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IT STARTED BECAUSE THE SOUTHERN STATES WANTED DIFFERENT THINGS SO THEY WANTED TO BECOME THEIR OWN UNION SO THEY FOUGHT IT WAS not STARTED OVER SLAVERY...BUT THAT WAS AN ISSUE

 

Answer by qq
Submitted on 6/10/2005
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Didnt the civil war start because of the court case of scott dredd?

 

Answer by Jenna
Submitted on 6/11/2005
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The civil war started becasue the south wanted to secede from the north because they though Abrham Lincoln wanted to end slavery but all he wanted to do was keep the union as one.So the battle stated at for sumter on April 12 1861

 

Answer by Mr.l3LuE
Submitted on 6/11/2005
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The civil started is when the North doesn't want slavery and south wanted slavery.Then president Lincoln make speech and then the war stated

 

Answer by karon
Submitted on 6/12/2005
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i am not sure, but i know that it was not mainly based off of slavery. according to my history teacher, the south did not want to get 'pushed around' by the north. i believe that the north was controlling the south a lot due to the fact that the south did not have many factories. so, yes, it was a control issue. but as i know, the south wanted freedom. they wanted to govern themselves, just like in the rebellion against england during 1770's, and they wanted to keep their slaves. the north (president Lincoln)was against slavery, so he passed the Emancipation Proclamation, banning slavery in all rebelling states. wait... i am sounding like my history teacher.

 

Answer by ss major
Submitted on 6/13/2005
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it started cuz the north was kewl and hte south was not.. and thats it.. no other expenation

 

Answer by ozy and millie
Submitted on 6/15/2005
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http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2004/om20041122.html

That about sums it up...

 

Answer by wahl
Submitted on 6/19/2005
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i think that slavery was a big part in this and that when president Lincoln said no more slaves then the south started to secede and then they wanted to start a war to tell the union yes we want slaves and your gonna have slaves too. but also another big part of it was the dependency of one another. the north couldn't live without the south and the south couldn't live without the north. so they just had a big war because they were both stubborn and didn't wanna back down.

 

Answer by ass
Submitted on 6/27/2005
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eat me

 

Answer by johnno
Submitted on 7/20/2005
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penis?

 

Answer by mikey
Submitted on 7/24/2005
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The civil war created an indelible imprints on the minds of many Americans. Indeed,it was a traumatic blot in the history of this nation. Bluntly put, it was a struggle to maintain the status quo by keeping slavery(the position of the southern states) as against its seemingly repudiation by the northern states. The civil war aside the human and material cost started the revolutionalization of how things ought to be done. It brought out vital lessons to advance social evolution in the United States.

 

Answer by Stejaz
Submitted on 7/27/2005
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The south wanted slavery and the north did not so they went to war which was the civil war.

 

Answer by j
Submitted on 7/31/2005
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I am sooo sick of people saying that it was about slavery.  They did not care about slavery it was all economics!!!!

 

Answer by Chickie Babe
Submitted on 8/1/2005
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i think that the Civil war started because there was a big issue on slaves and how they were treated some were treated kindly and others were slapped around and hurt in many ways!
That is my thought on the question

 

Answer by Lovely
Submitted on 8/9/2005
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I believe the Civil War started because of  free labor both in the South and the North. The influx of immigrants who were entering into industrialized America were unable to receive work, because it was so much simpler to torture and coerce the black race into laboring for free in order to capitalize with out regard to others.  See this is why the South failed at not having enough resources,and man power, because they thought and acted selfishly. The North had over 130,000 to the south mere 60,000 troops. The North was about enterprising not
dehumanizing.

 

Answer by Hartlessn99
Submitted on 8/14/2005
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Let there be light,Slavery threaten to dissolve Union in 1850. A 72 year old Kentucky Senator Henry Clay placed before Congress several provisions in hopes that would placate sectional antagonisms. After 10 weeks of intense debate a bill which Stephen Douglas of Illinois shepherded thru the legislative process reached the senate floor as a compromise to keep them from leaving the Union. Clay argued that the North had little to lose by giving the Southern states what they wanted - laws ensuring the protection of slavery! "plain & simple" Source:"The Historical Times Encyclopedia of The Civil War" Edited by Patricia L. Faust. All of this occurred 10 years before the war with no surety of keeping it's property (Blacks) South Carolina started the secession by correspondence with other southern states.If, you don't know ask somebody cause the truth will set you free (mind.

 

Answer by felicia gibson
Submitted on 8/26/2005
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i think the civil war-started because the fighting over slaves and the president stupid lincoln said no slaves but he had them so whats up with that

peace out

 

Answer by Kurt
Submitted on 8/30/2005
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For everyone who said the civil war stated because of slavery or mostly because of slavery are about 2% right - 98% wrong

 

Answer by jaredsem
Submitted on 8/30/2005
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The war was started over a tariff imposed by the North on goods and equipment that the South needed from Europe. This hurt the South, and so the South decided to secede, which did not set well with the North. This started the war. Slavery was brought into the war almost a year after the fighting started. It was all over money and greed.

 

Answer by the don
Submitted on 8/31/2005
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like every so called great war in the world, it is made to be of good cause to help out the better of man kind, so why is is always about money and greed.  the north controlled everything the south was poor.  both couldn't agree how a standard trade agreement or a universal standard of money value.  this war wasn't over slavery that is that crap they tell you when you are in school.

 

Answer by kayla
Submitted on 9/1/2005
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because the north thought that they were right and the south thought that they were right so that led to a big war all because no one could get along even tho i think the south was right this makes for a really big question

 

Answer by bevus
Submitted on 9/2/2005
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Answer by HAAAOOTTIEEE
Submitted on 9/6/2005
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hmm i have no idea! hehe

 

Answer by stella
Submitted on 9/8/2005
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i think the reason why the war started was not because of slavery but the many differrences between the north and south

 

Answer by hiitsmeagain
Submitted on 9/9/2005
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sectionalism: economic interests, slavery, internal improvements, banking system, cheap western land, tariff, states' rights.

 

Answer by Jen
Submitted on 9/10/2005
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Basically everything starts because of money. The South wanted slaves so they could get more work done and earn more money. The North did not want slaves because the South was getting paid more for having other people doing it for them. So Lincoln wanted to end the dispute over money but the South wanted to keep things the way they were so they Elected Davis to lead the South so they could keep thing like normal. And obviously Lincoln wasn't very happy about this so that is how the war started.

 

Answer by Snoop dog
Submitted on 9/13/2005
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Answer by fthyftdhyfdh
Submitted on 9/13/2005
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you stupit you cant even spell!

 

Answer by herman
Submitted on 9/15/2005
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The war began because the south had all of those slaves and refused to release them. another reason is that the north was ignorant for allowing there to be any slave states in the first place. there were plenty of casualties in the war that could have been prevented by not having the law that permitted there to be slavery. if you have any problem with my answer, then look it up as much as i have. right now i'min the middle of doing a research on the civil war, so as had been said preveously by history, you need to go back to school if you do not know what started the US war that killed over 600,000 american soldiers.

 

Answer by dude
Submitted on 9/15/2005
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The Civil War was a completely tragic event.  Just think, a war in which thousands of Americans died in their home country over nothing more than a difference in opinion.  Yes, slavery was the cause of the Civil War: half of the country thought it was wrong and the other half just couldn't let them go.  The war was fought overall in
probably 10,000 different places and the monetary and property loss cannot be calculated.  The Union dead numbered 360,222 and only 110,000 of them died in battle.  Confederate dead were estimated at 258,000 including 94,000 who actually died on the field of battle.  
The Civil War was a great waste in terms of human life and possible accomplishment and should be considered shameful.  Before its first centennial, tragedy struck a new country and stained it for eternity. It will never be forgotten but adversity builds strength and the United States of America is now a much stronger nation.

 

Answer by Solid
Submitted on 9/20/2005
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Jazza's Answer, while informative, Does not completely answer the "Why..." question.  The War between the States, had about as much to do with slavery as it did to do with the behavior of migratory water Foul.  The real spur under the Saddle of southerners was that Northern states were gaining greater numbers in representation in Congress and were thus issuing more and more restrictions on the South.  Many southerners believed that the US government was growing beyond it constitutional limits and exerting unnecessary taxes and economic restrictions on the south.  With a clear minority in congress, Southern states believed that they had more to gain from an independent Confederacy of autonomous states rather than being the agricultural work horses of a despotic federal government.    If you look at some of the speeches made prior to the official Succession documents, you will see a clear distaste for the ever growing power of the Federal Government.  http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111sc.html this link is a link to a speech given on in South Carolina on the need for Succession.  This address offers great insight into the minds of the Southern leaders at the time of the War between the States.

 

Answer by analprobe
Submitted on 9/21/2005
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i would love to suck on ur toes

 

Answer by f007ur3 801
Submitted on 9/22/2005
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Answer by Candyman
Submitted on 9/23/2005
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DixieRebel God bless ya, but WHY did the Union fire on Fort Sumter? The North had the industry--not the revolution yet--to promulgate their expansion, however, the Southern states began to suffer because they could not run their agriculture as effectively and attain the wealth.  The North began to take advantage of the South as costs of all goods rose and the South could not keep up. When Masu made his pilgrimage to Mecca, he was looked at as being wealthy and the Portuguese stepped in to find gold.  Instead, they found a King from Kongo who was willing to sell his people--1500AD. News of slavery spread through the Florida coast and proliferated to the South. When Lincoln established that this was immoral and demanded the South relinquish their slave holds, they refused.  This prompted the Union Army to advance to Sumter (that's the correct spelling).  Grant's comment there is taken out of context. His reply was heralded by the insolence and the audacity of the South to disobey their president.  No, the North was not 100% for the Africans, however, let's not forget that many Northerners died willingly to abolish slavery. So, those against in in the North were compensated by those brave and courageous men who gave their lives to free Africans from slavery.

 

Answer by i love poopy
Submitted on 9/25/2005
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i think the civil war cause i pee pee on the south and mad them mad then i pee pee on the united states n said the south did it

 

Answer by Manny
Submitted on 9/27/2005
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The civil war started because the north wanted to destroy the rail road bridge and they got into a big argument and started a war over something as stupid as a railroad

 

Answer by Ash
Submitted on 9/30/2005
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It happened because people need a reason to kill each other. Another person to blame for corruption.

 

Answer by cherrios
Submitted on 10/3/2005
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i dont no

 

Answer by styna
Submitted on 10/4/2005
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i think it started because the north wanted to free the slaves, and the south wanted slaves, so they started to fight.

 

Answer by dong dong
Submitted on 10/4/2005
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dong dong

 

Answer by cherrios
Submitted on 10/5/2005
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Answer by poopoopoopoopoopooopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoopoo
Submitted on 10/5/2005
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I like cheese

 

Answer by blcknewyork
Submitted on 10/5/2005
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The civil war was fought because the majority of the southern states left the United States and tried to form a seperate nation.  There were several reasons the southern states seceded from the union but the biggest and most important is the slavery issue. This is made made very clear in several Declaration of Secession documents issued to the north by the seceding states.  The thirteen colonies acting in concert declared war on Britain, won independence and established the United States of America.  The institutions existing in each state before the revolution was understood to be the responsibility of the whole nation.  When northern states started abolishing slavery in the northern states the southern states refused to do so, pointing out that the south would never have agreed to become part of the United States if they had to do away with their practice of slavery.  As the nation acquired more land and new territories applied for statehood the country was split on whether to continue to allow new slave states into the union resulting in the Missouri compromise and the armed conflict in Kansas.  Again the south felt that they were getting the short end of the stick because they contribute just as much to prosperity of the country as the north and should reap as much of the benefits.  Finally Lincoln was elected.  A president that made clear he was against slavery spreading any further in the United States.  He assured southern congressmen he would not touch slavery in the places it already existed but this did not appease angry southerners. For decades there were disagreements on slavery issues followed by threatened secession by the southern representatives, followed by compromise.  The south finally refused to compromise with the election of Lincoln. If there was to be no slavery in the new states the south felt they could no longer exist on equal ground with the north. They felt as more free states came into the union, more congressmen and senators would vote against pro-slavery legislation. Eventually at this rate slavery would be abolished in the United States completely. The southerners figured if they formed their own nation with their own government, they could maintain their institutions without outside interference. The north was wrong for entering into an agreement with the south and breaking it, but no one can sympathize with the south because they wanted to continue with slavery which was an evil, cruel and debilitating institution. The goal of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness would never be realized as long as this institution was prevalent in American society.

 

Answer by Mike Jones
Submitted on 10/10/2005
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Answer by Cici
Submitted on 10/10/2005
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Ok. I think the civil war began because president Lincoln wanted to stop slavery and people against it said no so, that's how the civil war began. There's many stories to it but this one is the one I believe in.

 

Answer by cloud 9
Submitted on 10/13/2005
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thanks all, I'm doing a term paper and this all helped out quite a bit.

 

Answer by pook
Submitted on 10/13/2005
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history sucks im just trying to write a paper...and i need some help.

 

Answer by tinkiwinki
Submitted on 10/14/2005
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What....

 

Answer by hello
Submitted on 10/18/2005
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hellohytrutrtn to

 

Answer by history explainer
Submitted on 10/18/2005
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it happened because of king Charles'belief in the divine right. I'm am always SO right
do u agree with dis????!!!!!

 

Answer by la la
Submitted on 10/18/2005
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i am 16 yrs old and you all don't know anything world war 1 began because of the fight for should there be slavery or not. Once the war was done in 1918 slavery was abolished .

 

Answer by jasmine
Submitted on 10/20/2005
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i think the civil war began two thing because of Jefferson Davis and because some body shot a cannon at fort Sumter

 

Answer by may
Submitted on 10/23/2005
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i think it started because the south wanted slavery in the nortern states but the north didnt want slavery at all.so thats how the whole war begen over having slaves.

 

Answer by Spoonuh
Submitted on 10/30/2005
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The civil war was started by Robert E. Lee when he decided one day to shoot the president in the foot while he was taking a nap on his pad.  This escalated into a mess where the slaves of the presidents home fought Lee out of the countryside into oblivion.  He then lived in the desert where he resorted to eating lizards and cactus.

 

Answer by Rachelle
Submitted on 11/1/2005
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This is  a waste of time
love a canadian

 

Answer by jasmine
Submitted on 11/1/2005
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why did the civil war really happen i mean like with all the slaves and stuff?

 

Answer by kz100
Submitted on 11/3/2005
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i think that it was started because the slaves revolted. they felt that they were being treated like dogs.

 

Answer by bbgurl
Submitted on 11/3/2005
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I AM SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by ice cold hottie
Submitted on 11/3/2005
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I like big wee wees

 

Answer by sick of dumb answers
Submitted on 11/6/2005
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I think that all you people who waste your time writing stupid stuff on here need to get a life, hobbie, job, girlfriend, or something becuase we come here to get answers not look at what a bunch of below average 12 year olds have to say!

 

Answer by Lazy Mam
Submitted on 11/7/2005
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I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL KNO WHEN THE CIVIL WAR STARTED BECAUSE THATS ALL THEY TEACH
IT WAS BECAUSE OF SLAVES> dUH
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DONT HATE THE PLAYER HATE THE GAME

 

Answer by get a life u pplz
Submitted on 11/8/2005
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get lost rass

 

Answer by Clayton Bigsby
Submitted on 11/8/2005
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I THINK THE CIVIL WAR HAPPENED BECAUSE LAZY NEGGERS DON'T WANT TO WORK! WHITE POWER!

 

Answer by Alexandria
Submitted on 11/9/2005
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I think the Civil war started because the South wanted slavery but the North didn't so they fought to see who will win and the north won and the war started because of slavery.

 

Answer by social study boy
Submitted on 11/13/2005
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i think the war start because somebody died

 

Answer by poo-poo boy
Submitted on 11/13/2005
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The civil war began because my poo-poo wont get out of my but



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Answer by aidzo
Submitted on 11/14/2005
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the civil war started because of slavery in the north and east of America and a Sergeant said if it was about slavery i wou8ld give up my sword

 

Answer by No Name Please
Submitted on 11/14/2005
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I'm not sure, but I want to comment that I think that the North was right in everything they did. I believe slavery is wrong - not was wrong, is wrong. Because America isn't the only place in the world that had/has slavery. I hope you print this because I want people to know my opinion and not to take it for granted. Thank you!

 

Answer by muffin killer
Submitted on 11/14/2005
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people like to eat fries and wanted mcdonals fries in north and burger king in south

 

Answer by penis woman
Submitted on 11/14/2005
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people like to eat fries and wanted MacDonald's fries in north and burger king in south

 

Answer by Angel
Submitted on 11/15/2005
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The war happened because  the government was acting differently. And we where arguing with are neighborings country's so thats how the war started . I love boys

 

Answer by Tay
Submitted on 11/15/2005
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I love to play.

 

Answer by loser
Submitted on 11/15/2005
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the civil war started over who had power. the north tried to tell the south what they could and couldnt do.

 

Answer by yayhoo
Submitted on 11/15/2005
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personally i believe nobody can say the civil war was started by one single thing. it was a series of events that led up to the final declaration of war, the north was mainly industry driven while the south was agriculturally motivated. slavery had little to do with it as a lot of northerners had slaves, the catch was you just couldnt purchase them in the north, one had to travel below the mason dixon line. then the north occupied fort sumner and the confederates opened fire causing great friction. to top it all off the south saw no written law that they couldnt secede in the constitution however the north claimed that it didnt say you could. there are many other reasons unbeknownst to me but there are a few things to think about that started the civil war

 

Answer by coco bean
Submitted on 11/17/2005
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The Civil war started because of the issue of states rights and because of slavery.

 

Answer by dave
Submitted on 11/18/2005
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I have never seen a bigger group of illiterate idiots in my life. Has anyone ever stopped to read their posts before pressing submit? Is anyone actually qualified to even post here? Are you people in the second grade? Wow - what are they teaching in school these days??? Nobody even comes close to having a brain here! What's even funnier is that there's a spell check button!!!!!

 

Answer by doo doo poop head
Submitted on 11/19/2005
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personally, i believe the ku klux klan deteriated with the wind in a summer storm...a storm-like a balloon filled with a sick person's breath...breath- a person who fought in the civil war! thankyou and have a good day!

 

Answer by Misaki
Submitted on 11/21/2005
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As far as I know, slavery was the directed reason for the Civil War.
Besides, the war was held because of the conflict between the South and the North. The North received more benefits than the South. Furthermore, there was railroad issue. Both sides wanted to take the control of the railroad, which would bring a lot of economic benefits.

 

Answer by Misaki
Submitted on 11/21/2005
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Oh, and by the way (to someone called Weezer), people have the right of freedom. What would you feel if you were sold between people, were required to work no matter day or night, were beaten for whatever reason, and even did not have the right as a human?
That's how most people treated their slaves, and even will if we can have slaves again.
Yeah, you were right. You have the right to get the benefits of your investment, but people are not goods for you to sell or buy.

 

Answer by little_ballar
Submitted on 11/26/2005
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I'M A BALLAR SAY WHAT

 

Answer by lady d
Submitted on 11/26/2005
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to be serious,i have no clue how the civil war started

 

Answer by ollie 360
Submitted on 11/26/2005
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I think the American civil war started because of the both side want money!!!!! And the most important thing of all control!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by no one
Submitted on 11/26/2005
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always the same all war start because leaders want money and power and control over the people

 

Answer by help
Submitted on 11/27/2005
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HELP, i don;t understand. if the reasons weren'tjust because of slavery, what were the other reasons...

 

Answer by woo woo woo~
Submitted on 11/29/2005
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i like dogs better than cats

 

Answer by U.S. History Knower
Submitted on 11/29/2005
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The correct answer is the south was not making any money off of their crops. the north was becoming more industrialized, and powerful. and when they would trade and sell it wasnt fair because their money was not worth the same.and because the south was goin to suceed form the north the north attacked Fort Sumter.

and by the way ur wee wee is not big and u dont love cats!!

 

Answer by yello
Submitted on 11/29/2005
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hey gurl hit me back ma

 

Answer by yello
Submitted on 11/29/2005
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hey gurl hit me back ma

 

Answer by matty
Submitted on 11/30/2005
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screw all of you

 

Answer by Woooooooooo
Submitted on 12/1/2005
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Um.. i think then civil war started because um....i think because...um...they want it to start...and um....I HATE CATS!

 

Answer by stupid
Submitted on 12/5/2005
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hello i no why it started...i dont no

 

Answer by mia
Submitted on 12/5/2005
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because no one knows.....where is the right answer! wrell i decided on the first one becasue the southerners wanted slavery to continue but abraham lincoln absolutly hated it!

 

Answer by sockerlalala
Submitted on 12/5/2005
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This is something i learned in history class......


i think the civil war happened because of slavery,industries,and trade.The south resents the north and the north hates slavery.If the slaves escaped the northerners couldn't help or they would be punished.Harriet Beecher Stowe was an important person of the civil war.Another reason is that the south depended on the north for manufacturing,shipping,and banking.A lot of things happened because of the civil war.There was 600,000 killed in that war.


pay attention in history class and you'll find out a lot!

 

Answer by your mom.
Submitted on 12/6/2005
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the southern states seceded and the northern states wanted to preserve the union and the southern states wanted to declare their independence from the union.

 

Answer by matt
Submitted on 12/7/2005
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it all happened because of the slave issue

 

Answer by joes scarry
Submitted on 12/8/2005
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i think the civil war started because in oh never mind i have no clue

 

Answer by aky
Submitted on 12/8/2005
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as a historian I would like to point out that the war was not over slavery, General Grant himself stated that "If I was ever convinced that this war was over slavery, I would give up my sword and lend it to the other side", Thus even Unionists did not think highly of African Americans The war was started because of the South Carolinians firing on fort Sumpter. The confederate army had every right to do this, mainly because Fort Sumpter was in South Carolina the union was wrong to occupy what was then Southern territory. The main reason the Southern states broke out of the Union was because all the Southern money was going to the Yankees up North.  In Short the Union may not be the good side after all, Hurrah for the Rebel flag!

 

Answer by avacado
Submitted on 12/12/2005
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the real reason for the civil war was nullification.some of it was because of slavery but not not all of it.The north didn't like the south having slaves.the south didn't really care what the north thought about.the south pulled out so they picked there own president called Jefferson Davis.

 

Answer by dwreck
Submitted on 12/18/2005
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Slavery was only a small factor like was said.    It is not that the North didn't want slavery, it was that they didn't need it.  Slaves were not beneficial in the Northern industry of factories and stuff.  They were too hard to control.  Plus, they had the Irish to hire for cheap wages.  

 

Answer by kate spencer
Submitted on 12/19/2005
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I think the civil war started because of a few things,like slavery,money,and religan.Slavery was one of the biggest of the problems.Money was a problem too because most of the unin people had jobs and were paid unlike the south had slaves that did things but did not get paid.Also religan was a problem because the north people might of been a different religan than the south people.

 

Answer by markus
Submitted on 12/20/2005
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Answer by patsy
Submitted on 12/21/2005
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i think the civil war started as no one was getting along and the king wanted England to himself so decided to rule without parliment and they did not help rule for 11 years. He made the people of england pay ship tax which is illegal as he had to have consent of the parliment before doing this. There many reasons for this civil war but Charles personality was one of them

 

Answer by kitkat :)
Submitted on 12/29/2005
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the civil war was so not about all dis slavery rubbish. basically, charles was a bad king and parliment hated him. so there u go, the civil war in a nutshell!!

 

Answer by twyla
Submitted on 12/31/2005
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i think that the civil war was started for that fact that no one really agreed with each other. how aware they suppost to get along if there were two presidents. the difference between the two were huge and mad to think that it was actually about salavery

 

Answer by li
Submitted on 1/4/2006
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the civil war starts because they just feel like it

 

Answer by li
Submitted on 1/4/2006
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the civil war starts because they just feel like it

 

Answer by erika
Submitted on 1/5/2006
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I love A GIRL BUT I CAN'T TELL WHO

 

Answer by danny fox.
Submitted on 1/6/2006
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The Civil War started because Abraham Lincoln wanted to get rid of slavery in the South. So the Union Army started the raid in South Carolina and that is where the War started.

 

Answer by K-mix
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alright here it is So geographically speaking the North and the South were two different regions.  The Norh had the Industry and the South had the Agriculture.  In each region they capitalized on their region.It started because there was a constant conflict over ideas, beliefs and systems.  Some scholors may suggest that it might have started with the innageration of Lincoln because there was a division of states at this time.  There was a seperation of free and slave states and the South didn't want to evolve like the North.

 

Answer by j_istospicy
Submitted on 1/10/2006
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i don't know y am i am i even writing .         oh yeah RUNESCAPE.com ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Answer by pyro
Submitted on 1/11/2006
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I like poop

 

Answer by Baby_Britt11
Submitted on 1/12/2006
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I know the civil war started because of the constitutional rights of the people of America.In short the north was fighting for the freedom of their own people and other colors.

 

Answer by lol
Submitted on 1/14/2006
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people who say wee-wee usally have a small one.there was tons of reasons it started...but the main i think was that the south wanted to be its own country and north wanted to be UNITED

 

Answer by Bucket
Submitted on 1/16/2006
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I agree that the civil war did not start because everyone in the North, or even most people in the North, considered slavery a moral wrong, or thought that blacks should have equal rights(abolitionists).  Very few people believed that, and in fact, many northerners were certainly racist.  However, MANY people in the North were Anti-slave, meaning that, while they didn't have any moral issues with slavery, they were against it for other reasons.  Most of them were against slavery because they thought that it interfered with the rights of white people.  Despite the fact that most people in the north were anti-slave, and not abolitionist, the abolitionist position was disproportionately strongly voiced.

The South, of course, had felt threatened by abolitionist and anti-slavery sentiments from the beginning.  After all, it was a huge part of their culture and way of life!  And they tried to justify it in any way they could: that it was a state's right, and so couldn't be controlled by federal government; that it was permitted in the Bible; even that it is a positive good, and that blacks are far better off as slaves than as free men.  

In order to keep slavery and feel like they had a say in the union, the South needed to keep the balance of power between north and south at the very least, equal in the Senate.  Since every state has two votes in the Senate, regardless of population, it became very important for the south, as new states joined the union, to keep the same number of slave and free states.  At the same time, the North was becoming concerned that slave power was becoming too great.  As a result of both the North and South wanting to keep the number of seats in the Senate in their favor,  there was a sort of race for new territories to enter the union as either slave or free.  This was the cause of the Mexican-American war, as well as the issue with Oregon, and the incident of Bleeding Kansas.  Throughout all of these political events, people were forced to take sides for or against slavery.    

Evidence of how important slavery was is evident in the breaking up of the Whig party and the formation of the two-party political system we have now, Republican and Democrat (Some Whigs had been pro-slavery, and some anti-slavery, but the new Republican party was almost all anti-slavery and the Democrat party became almost all pro-slavery)

I agree that there were other factors economic and political that caused the civil war, but at the heart of the split was the issue of slavery.  Sorry to all you Southerners, but the Civil war wasn't just about "Northern Aggression".  It actually was all about slavery, even if it wasn't the way that all of us Yankees learned about Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in second grade.  It wasn't that everyone in the North wanted rights for blacks, or even that everyone in the South was racist.  The issue was with the institution of slavery and slave power, and how it affected the rights of Northern workers and Southern plantation owners.  It had been an issue since the writing of the Constitution, when the three-fifths compromise was invented, and the issue had been seething unsuspected for a long time before it finally surfaced in the Civil War.  And while it probably was not fought for all of the right reasons, there is one thing that you can't debate-- before the civil war, there was slavery, and afterward the slaves were emancipated.  Even if you view the war as an evil, you have to admit that good came out of it.

 

Answer by dont worry about it
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the civil war started because the south tried to count slaves as citizens the north was offended by this so the civil war began

 

Answer by lobo
Submitted on 1/17/2006
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the civil war began by the general bringing 50 cannons onto the battle field and firing them.

 

Answer by gaga
Submitted on 1/19/2006
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you need to go to school

 

Answer by princess
Submitted on 1/23/2006
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i love cats cause i have 1 and cats will rule the world 1 day?!!!

 

Answer by gold dust
Submitted on 1/26/2006
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because they were drunk

 

Answer by lopk
Submitted on 1/27/2006
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i love parrets

 

Answer by confused gurl
Submitted on 1/29/2006
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i think that the civil war start because of slavery .yeah every our is lazy once in a while . no I'm not saying that i agree with slavery .because I'black my self. but if you think about it in the South yeah we had great land to grow  crops . But they did not have to get black people to do the work .Hell they want the dawn money they need to work for it. To stop that problem they should have paid the blacks to do that hard labor.

 

Answer by Tedsky
Submitted on 1/31/2006
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Becuase disagreements,greed,selfihness and corruption.People can't do anything but tease correct others and being hypocrites

 

Answer by anti-moron
Submitted on 1/31/2006
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Well, I must admit I'm inclined to agree with those who say that the civil war did NOT start over slavery, in fact, Lincoln made sure to insist that this was the case. You see, he couldn't say this because he was trying to maintain the support of the "Border States" which would have left the Union and joined the Confederacy if the war had been over slavery and then the Union wouldn't have stood a chance. "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that."-Lincoln. As is indicated by this quotation, Lincoln's main purpose for starting the war was to save the Union, and the Union's main purpose for supporting Lincoln was the Confederates attack on Fort Sumter, which Lincoln slyly encouraged. That sly dog, that Lincoln.....

 

Answer by lane
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   Emancipation Proclamation;
One Step Closer To Freedom


    
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By: Delaine Powerful
January 23, 2006
US History


The Emancipation Proclamation, written by Abraham Lincoln, was an important document that led to the freeing of slaves.  Although few slaves were freed, the document changed the whole character of the war and destined the Confederacy to defeat. Unlike Lincoln’s other speeches and writings the Emancipation did not have poetic language. It was a legal document that featured clear, straightforward language. There were a few reasons that Abraham Lincoln decided that he had to write and sign the Emancipation Proclamation. One of which was the election of 1860. This was when the South drew away from the North and became the Confederate States. He also decided to sign the Emancipation Proclamation was because of all the pleadings. The voices of slaves, including Fredrick Douglass, as well as other close friends of Lincoln, leaked through his thick skull and into his head. It made him realize what the real purpose of the Civil War should be. Even though few slaves were affected, the Emancipation Proclamation showed the world that the Civil War was being fought to end slavery.
   In December of 1860, President Lincoln was elected President. Before this took place, Lincoln was dueling against Stephen Douglas for the position of presidency. Stephen Douglas was a democrat who fought against Lincoln for a spot in the Senate. Douglas became a member of the senate and Lincoln was left stranded. When Lincoln tried for the presidency spot Douglas decided to challenge him again for the White House. Stephen started to make people think badly about Lincoln, while they thought good of him. For instance, Stephen Douglas told people Lincoln was an extremist, or one of the “Black Republicans” that wanted to abolish slavery. Stephen also said that Lincoln would ruin the South’s economy or he would force the South to secede from the Union, driving the nation toward Civil War.  While he wrongly accused Lincoln of things, he made himself look better. He made himself seem like the moderate candidate who could hold the nation together during these difficult times. Candidates were forced to take sides. One side they could have taken was the Constitutional Union Party; candidate John Bell said slavery should be left alone. The Democratic Party was spilt. Proslavery democrats nominated John C. Breckinridge and Antislavery democrats nominated Stephen Douglas.  The Constitutional Union Party was made up of Whigs, a party formed in 1834 by those who opposed President Andrew Jackson’s political policies. Though Lincoln went through a tough time he pulled through and was elected president. Soon after he won, which was in December, the legislature of South Carolina voted 169 to 0 to withdraw from the United States. In January, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana as well departed from the United States and in February, Texas withdrew as well. The states that withdrew from the United States formed the Confederate States; Jefferson Davis was their president. There were a few states that stayed loyal to the Union. The states were Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and portions of Louisiana and Virginia held by the Federal Army.  The reason why some Southern states weren’t a part of the Union was because Lincoln became president. They knew that Lincoln and his party opposed the expansion of American slavery so they were afraid that Lincoln’s administration would discriminate against their slaveholding population. The Southern States did not want to take the risk and they withdrew before anything could happen. Can’t relate back to thesis.
   Lincoln was a very shallow man; at first he did not care about the things that did not benefit him, or help to get the South back to the Union. He promised to leave slavery alone in original slave sates; he hoped this promise would help reestablish a close relationship with the North and South. At that time he did not care about how much Africans Americans were being hurt. He also wanted to keep the loyalty of the Border States, so he did not bother to take action on freeing slaves; all Lincoln wanted to do was save the Union. He did not care to save or destroy. He would do whatever it took the save the Union, even if it meant sacrificing hundreds of people who were dying every day, for a free and better place to live. During the Civil War Lincoln changed his mind about freeing the slaves. One reason he changed his mind was because the Union needed soldiers and parts of the South went under Union control. Therefore there were slaves that wanted to fight on the Unions side. Lincoln was urged by his advisors to set them free so they could enlist in the war. Fredrick Douglass accused Lincoln of only caring about a white man’s interest. He said this because the only reason Lincoln did not want to set the slaves free was because it might ruin the loyalty between the loyal states and him. New England newspaper editor, Horace Greeley, urged the President to free at the very least the slaves that were fighting on the Unions side. This way the Union would have more help toward winning the Civil War. The second reason Lincoln changed his mind was because he realized the South was not going to make peace with the North anytime soon. Lincoln realized this since the South was intent on having war, he should just do what he believed was right and free the slaves.   A black soldier, born a slave, in Louisiana made a statement to Lincoln,
“Our Union Friends say they are not fighting to free the negro’s, we are fighting for the Union and free navigation of the Mississippi river, very well let the white fight for what they want and we Negroes fight for what we want… liberty must take the day nothing shorter.”  

Lincoln heard what the man said and was forced to recognize the truth that it expressed. He then realized the United States of America could not be said to have liberty, equality, and independence while it was being cruel to a large group of people who lived there.  It was the voices of the slaves and his advisors that caused Lincoln to react and realize what they were doing was wrong.
   At first Lincoln had doubts about writing the document. He thought that if he, the president, could not get the obedience of the Southern states then would he be more effective in enforcing an emancipation proclamation. He also argued that if an order or emancipation, or an order or freeing from restraint, could abolish slavery then why would John Brown, a famous abolitionist, have not done it already? Lincoln soon stopped caring about people’s statements about slavery and decided to do what he thought was right, and he wrote write the Emancipation Proclamation.
   The Emancipation Proclamation was a formal announcement that freed few slaves in the Confederate slaves. When some slaves in the South heard of it they broke free from their masters and ran to the North. At first Lincoln “shrank”  away from the emancipation because he did not know if four million free African Americans could find a place in the American society. The Emancipation written on July of 1862, it could not be issued until the next Union victory because the Union Armies were being defeated it would seem that the North were freeing the slaves so they could have help. Abraham Lincoln did not issue the preliminary proclamation until that September which was a year and a half into the Civil War. The Confederate states and slaveholders did not pay any attention to the preliminary proclamation so Lincoln issued the final proclamation on January 1, 1863. It was what he called “the central act of my administration.”  When he signed the document people knew there was no going back and that when the war was over there would be no way to compromise on slavery. The only way for the Emancipation Proclamation to be effective was if the North won the Civil War, They did.  The document declared that
“All persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United states, shall be, thenceforward, and forever free”.  

This meant that all the slaves that lived in the territory in rebellion against the federal government were free, including the states that withdrew from the Union in 1860. Lincoln was trying to get the slaves free that lived in the South so the South wouldn’t have people to do their labor and make them weapons to win the war. The Emancipation Proclamation did not free any slaves in the North, because there were no slaves to free. It did not free slaves in the Border States because the president did not have the authority to do that; it could only be done by a constitutional amendment or by state legislature. Nor did it apply to any slaves that were already under the Unions control.  
   After the Emancipation Proclamation was signed it was not uphill from there. There were many people that disagreed with Lincoln and thought that it was not a very sensible thing to do. Democratic newspapers called the Emancipation Proclamation “A wicked, atrocious,, and revolting deed.”  The critics demanded that he change the policy. Many people went wild in the summer of 1863. Riots broke out, armed mobs burned the draft office, people assaulted the mayors house, and they killed hundreds of people in the black district in New York. Across the North, peace Democrats were mad because they did not want slavery to end. Lincoln was urged by many people to withdraw the document but he replied with “I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.”  By saying this Lincoln meant that it had taken him long enough to decide to write the proclamation and that he never takes back his actions that he believes are right. Although many people were disturbed and mad because of the document, many rejoiced. Fredrick Douglass, a black abolitionist, who had criticized Lincoln harshly before the Emancipation Proclamation was written, said,  “We shout for joy that we live to record this righteous decree.” Abolitionist, or a reformer who favors abolishing slavery, and African American civil right activist thanked Lincoln for freeing the slaves and allowing them into the US. Army. In their minds, Lincoln had changed the war from being fought to restore the Union, to a war to end slavery. Many slave owners soon realized that slavery was a thing of the past and that they would have to move on and not thing of themselves as the superior race. The Emancipation Proclamation was only a wartime measure designed to weaken the South’s ability to engage in war. Its meaning soon was to forever end American Slavery.
   The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves but it had a dramatic effect. Lincoln wanted to end slavery before the war ended, so he worked with the Congress to amend the Constitution. On January 31, 1865, the Congress voted and passed the Thirteenth Amendment. It stated,
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

The remaining slaves in the US were freed by this Amendment. On April 19, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses Grant at the Appomattox Court. This surrender marked the end of the Civil War.
      The Emancipation Proclamation was a bill that itemized the destinies of four million human beings. It showed Americans and the world that the Civil war was being fought to end slavery. It led to the 13th Amendment that freed all the slaves, but if it had not been for the Emancipation Proclamation, it would have taken a longer time for the slaves to be freed. There were many doubts and concerns about making this proclamation, but soon those uncertainties disappeared and a document was formed. The aftermath of signing this document was terrible but it soon died down and people realized that slavery wasn’t going to come back. The Emancipation Proclamation will be remembered as a big step towards the end of slavery.

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Answer by chris brown
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THE REAL ANSWER IS THE CIVIL WAR STARTED BECAUSE THE SOUTH CAROLINA WANTED TO KEEP THEIR SLAVES AND THE NORTH WANTED TO FREE THE SLAVES SO THE SOUTH STARTED FIRING CANONS AT FORT SUMER AND THATS HOW IT STARTED.

 

Answer by Devon and marley are awaesome
Submitted on 2/3/2006
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i think it started because people with blonde hair and blue eyes were prettier than everyone who had other color eyes and hair. unless your name is devon and you can have green eyes in that case
:)

 

Answer by Moosha
Submitted on 2/4/2006
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I'd luuuurv to help, but I'm from England and right now I am puzzeled because I don't even know what happened in the civil war '_'

 

Answer by poopo
Submitted on 2/6/2006
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i love dogs

 

Answer by hi
Submitted on 2/6/2006
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bla

 

Answer by poo poo
Submitted on 2/7/2006
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i think the civil war started because king Charles went for a poo and then he ate it

 

Answer by poo poo
Submitted on 2/7/2006
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i think the civil war started because king Charles went for a poo and then he ate it

 

Answer by tash
Submitted on 2/14/2006
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I believe that the civil war was caused by slavery.  And the people that started it new what was right and took the oppurtunity to see that what was right was seen through. so all in all the civil war was a war for justice.

 

Answer by Penis Licker
Submitted on 2/14/2006
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I like peniS !

 

Answer by sirbarksalot
Submitted on 2/15/2006
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it just happend as in the wprds f forest gump $h!t happens

 

Answer by giddy-up409
Submitted on 2/16/2006
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I think the Civil War started when the daisies got into a fight with the roses!!!!

 

Answer by island kid
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