Civil_War__Economics

Civil War: Economics The Primary Cause of the American Civil War: Economics More than one million people dead and a nation torn apart. “A fight against slavery” it was said, but was that the main reason the war was fought' Or is that just what our nation says to glorify our past' There were many factors that contributed to the United States’ Civil War, but the main reason for the war can be attributed to the economic differences between the Northern and Southern parts of the United States. There were a variety of differences or outcomes that resulted because of the diversity from north to south. They ranged from the different crops to the tariffs imposed on them. Economics can be defined as “the science which studies production, distribution and consumption of commodities” or as “the study of the impossible-unlimited wants and needs fulfilled with limited resources.” These differences started when the United States was just forming. The makers of the Constitution specifically avoided dealing directly with the morality and legitimacy of slavery due to the fact that it was (at the time) an essential part of their economy (or so they thought in the south). With the advent of north, south, industry, economy, cotton, war, tariffs, economic, slavery, said, felt, different, differences, civil, because, while, united, textile, tariff, ship, secede, reason, ready, protective, part, northern, major, main, grew, fact, essential, disliked, crops, both, between, became, way, wanted, very, variety, union, thought, though, tension, support, spread, since, should, protect, port