More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

What caused the civil war? "It's very simple, and it really does boil down to one word," Taylor said. "The cause of the Civil War was slavery." She said that when trying to understand "why" the ...

What really led to the American Civil War? This episode investigates the deeper causes behind Southern secession—slavery, economic conflict, states’ rights, and political breakdown. Discover ...

Also, an exam tutorial for AP U.S. History students advises that the causes of the Civil War were: the southern slave economy, based on the raw products of tobacco and cotton; the failure of the ...

Slavery was the root cause of the Civil War, but Nikki Haley is right that from March 4, 1861 to January 1, 1863, the Civil War was about keeping the Union together.

When asked what makes “the cause of the Civil War” so difficult for some folks, historian Edward Ayers cited an episode of “The Simpsons.” In this episode, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, an ...

Slavery was the central reason for Southern secession and war in 1861. Yet in 2024, two candidates for president, Nikki Haley, who failed to mention slavery as the war’s cause, and Donald Trump ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

In this first episode of Kings and Generals’ animated series on the American Civil War, we explore the core causes of the conflict - including slavery, westward expansion, economic tensions, and ...