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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

The clearest picture of what caused the Civil War, I have argued, emerges in the words of some 50 men who served their slave states as secession commissioners in late 1860 and early 1861.

A civil war is a struggle between two or more entities trying to take over the central ... Reexamining the root causes of the Civil War. Walter Williams Jul 26, 2015 Jul 26, 2015 Updated ...

“I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run—the freedoms and what people could and couldn't do,” she said of the nation-splitting conflict.

What led the United States into civil war in 1861? In this premiere episode of Kings and Generals’ American Civil War series, we examine the legal, economic, and moral roots of the conflict.