1. Cause Of Civil War
Civil War historian Shelby Foote describes the American Civil War as the most important event in American History. The Civil War was, at the very least, one of the most controversial periods in American history. ... Though the Southern economy boomed because of cotton, it did not modernize, largely because the South became too dependent on cotton. ... In this aspect the Civil War was entirely about slavery and the economics of slavery. ... The right to govern themselves as each state saw fit had a large part in the causes of the civil war. ...
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