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1、TheRealCauseoftheCivilWar美国南北战争的真正原因JennyAmerican History Culture(14)Mr.Reiss2011/12/25The Real Cause of the Civil WarGenerations have been told that slavery was the cause of the Civil War. However, is that so? We should not deny that slavery was one of the causes but it was not the primary one sinc
2、e Lincoln did not promulgate The Emancipation Proclamation until a year after the war started and slavery was not completely abolished when the war ended. So I think slavery was more like a catalyst and the main reasons which led to the Civil War were the differences between their economy system and
3、 politic ideas and also the interference of Europe.At that time, the North was an industrialized area but their factories lacked free workers. Meanwhile, the Southern economy was relying on crops and enough slaves guaranteed the prosperity of their plantations. Thus if the slaves were freed, factori
4、es would run well because of sufficient labor while the economy of the South might be ruined because of the loss of their huge work force。 In those days, people cared more about their interest so both sides argued to win slaves to win workers. Also, because the Northern industry was still in the pro
5、cess of development, it needed a great many consumers to support their market. However, in order to save more money, plantation owners preferred cheap European goods. Therefore, the Tariff of 1828 was passed, which put high government taxes on imported goods。 Congress thought that more people would
6、start buying American-made products but this enraged the Southerners so much that the tariff was known as “the Tariff of Abominations” and some of the states were even on the verge of declaring their independence. Finally a compromise was reached but the hatred remained。 The conflict between the eco
7、nomic systems caused the North and the South to quarrel bitterly and it made their politic ideas different as well。Since the North was basically in-developmental capitalism, it desired a strong central government which could manage the order of business and trades。 By contrast, the South was somehow
8、 still insisting on feudalism and to bring fortune to their later generations, slaves were constant valuable. Besides, since the Southern farmers had nearly nothing apart from their land they extremely relied on import goods。 To decrease tariffs successfully, which was good for the South but hurt th
9、e North, they wanted powerful state governments so that the states could decide tax rates on their own and allow them to have slaves. And as I said, interests were what most people were thinking of. Jefferson Davis, as a senator, had once said, the North limited the development of slavery so that th
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