“A rich mans war, and a poor mans fight”

The American Civil War, or the “War of Northern Aggression” (depending on where you are from) is one of the most interesting American topics. If the war did not go along as it did then the America we enjoy today probably would not exist. The change from an agricultural society to an industrial one really moved America up in the world. Think about it. If we would have stayed selling cotton to the British to make textiles and just focused on farming, and we never took it upon ourselves to be industrialized then we never would have been a leading nation of the world.
Most people would say that the Civil War was over slavery, because that is what you are taught in school. While this was a small part, it was not the main factor of the war. In fact, Abraham Lincoln initially wanted nothing to do with slavery and wanted to keep it the same as it was until he realized it could hold the states together if he approved the 14 amendment. That is where the battle of state and federal rights come in, and that was the true factor of the war. The South thought that states should hold basically all the power of the people, and the North thought the duties should be split.
Anyways..I will get into all of this in my next posts in more detail! Get excited! 🙂