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Originally Posted by skaltezon
That's my understanding of it. The South's economy depended on slave labor, and the threat of abolition forced slave states to secede. Then after the bloodiest war in US history plans to rebuild the South got sidetracked somehow, which left the vanquished with a lot of lingering bad feelings for the victors.
What's the other story?
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I'm sure hip hop bunny hop could rattle off a bunch of alternate explanations.
States rights, differing economies, South felt it was being disrespected, etc.
All of which were definitely true, but slavery still would be the chief reason for the Civil War, despite what some Southerners still argue today (in order to justify their Confederate flag waving). That's just my opinion though.