Slavery
Slavery was the main cause of the Civil War. And although slavery had been going on for hundereds of years before, it became a big problem. People began to speak out against the cruelty against the harshness of the way the slaves were being treated. That was the major divider between the North and the South. Debate began to go on about if slavery should be abolished or not. Most people in the South owned slaves, or were slaves. But in the North slavery was illegal! That made a big difference in ideas of a good, strong country. The issue began to grow increasongly...unitl war broke out.