What was the cause of the American Civil War? Seems to be a difficult question.
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It certainly was for Nikki Haley. In a broad sense, you had the southern states making all their money from agriculture, using slave labor. You had the northern states making the bulk of their money from industry. The north was far more prosperous, and the south struggled, even with free slave labor.
In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe began to publish a serialized abolitionist novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin, and public sentiment in the north rose to fever pitch against slavery in the south.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, the state of South Carolina declared a secession from the union, because it was believed that Lincoln was anti slavery and favored northern interests.
That was actually pretty true.
But famously, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe for the first time, he said, "So YOU are the little woman who started this great big war!"
In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe began to publish a serialized abolitionist novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin, and public sentiment in the north rose to fever pitch against slavery in the south.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, the state of South Carolina declared a secession from the union, because it was believed that Lincoln was anti slavery and favored northern interests.
That was actually pretty true.
But famously, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe for the first time, he said, "So YOU are the little woman who started this great big war!"
