Although some historians feel that the Civil War was a result of political blunders and that the issue of slavery did not cause the conflict, this interpretation fails to consider the two main causes of the war itself: the expansion of slavery and its entrance into the political scene. The Civil War (1861-1877) was a product of the diverging society between the North and the South, who had different goals. Slavery and slave trades had …showed first 75 words of 502 total…

…showed last 75 words of 502 total…Senate, Mississippi drew a secession convention, and stated that, "Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery... A blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization... There was no choice left to us but submission to the mandates of abolition or dissolution of the Union." Economic problems and politics were certainly a factor in the Civil War, but most of these economic complaints were a result of slavery and state populations.